vgextend failing

[Jeremy Loukinas_1]

Trying to extend a volume vg05.
When adding disks I get the following..

vgextend: Couldn't install the physical volume "/dev/dsk/c1t3d5".
Too many links
vgextend: Couldn't install the physical volume "/dev/dsk/c1t3d6".
Too many links
vgextend: Couldn't install the physical volume "/dev/dsk/c1t3d7".
Too many links
vgextend: Couldn't install the physical volume "/dev/dsk/c1t4d0".
Too many links.

I was able to get a few others installed before I started getting this message. Any advice?

Thanks
Jeremy

[Marco Santerre · Accepted solution]

Hi Jeremy,

Unfortuantely that probably means you reached the maximum number of PV allowed for this Volume Group.

do a
#vgdisplay -v vg05|more

and check that your Max PV is higher than the Cur PV. If they are equal (which is what I think is happening right now), that means you cannot add any more disks into that VG.

You either have to create a new VG, or re-create this current VG with option -p to have more disks than the actual value.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Jeremy,

Suspect you may have exceeded the Max PV/VG value.

What does
#vgdisplay vg05
show as the values for
Max PV
and
Cur PV

If you've exceeded this you have no choice but to backup the data & recreate the VG with a higher Max PV value

vgcreate -p X .......

where X is higher than you now need.

Rgds,
Jeff