strange problem on vgcreate

[Gian Luca Gobbi]

Hello,

can anybody give me hints about this strange vgcreate output? Can you help me to understand the following output?
How to solve it?
Thank you guys!
Gian Luca

# vgcreate /dev/vgprod /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

Warning: Max_PE_per_PV for the volume group (65535) too small for this PV
(369258).
Using only 65535 PEs from this physical volume.
Increased the number of physical extents per physical volume to 65535.
vgcreate: Volume group "/dev/vgprod" could not be created:
File too large

[Fabio Ettore]

Ciao Gian Luca,

check this thread:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=119111

See also man vgcreate about -s option.

I hope this helps you.

Best regards,
Ettore

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

check the document

KBRC00009036

The doc on a ASIAPAC
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062909773

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Gian Luca,

Link to the European site,

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&admit=-938907319+1075722191200+28353475&docId=200000062909773

Document description: vgextend: not enough physical extents per physical volume
Document id: KBAN00000076

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[T G Manikandan]

What is the PE size in the VG.What size volume you are creating.What is the size of your disk.

[Gian Luca Gobbi]

Thank you all!!!
I have just created the volume group by the following command:

# vgcreate -s 8 /dev/vgprod /dev/dsk/c0t1d0

Thanks at all for your useful helps!
Gian Luca