[linux-lvm] Segmentation Fault with vgextend and LVM 1.0.1rc4
Gaziz Nugmanov
lvm at betta.gaziz.ca
Tue Oct 30 09:46:02 UTC 2001
Hello Jean-Noel,
I had similar problem so I cvs'ed latest lvm code and installed it.
It works much smoother for me now...
Hope that help.
Monday, October 29, 2001, 8:58:31 PM, you wrote:
JNG> Hi.
JNG> I have a problem to extend my current volume group "vg01". I did:
JNG> # pvcreate /dev/hde1 /dev/hde2
JNG> pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hde1" successfully created
JNG> pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hde2" successfully created
JNG> # vgextend -v vg01 /dev/hde1
JNG> vgextend -- locking logical volume manager
JNG> vgextend -- checking volume group name "vg01"
JNG> vgextend -- checking volume group "vg01" existence
JNG> vgextend -- checking for inactivity of volume group
JNG> vgextend -- reading data of volume group "vg01" from lvmtab
JNG> vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 255.99 Gigabyte
JNG> vgextend -- reading data for all physical volumes from disk(s)
JNG> vgextend -- extending VGDA structures of volume group "vg01"
JNG> vgextend -- volume group "vg01" will be extended by 1 new physical volumes
JNG> vgextend -- extending volume group "vg01" by physical volume "/dev/hde1"
JNG> in kernel
JNG> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
JNG> I am using RedHat 7.1 with a custom kernel to have LVM (2.4.9-6). I have
JNG> 2 drives on this IDE controller (a Promise UltraDMA100DX2) and both work
JNG> fine with linux. My secondary drive (/dev/hdf is already part of vg01).
JNG> I don't know if this is a bug or if I am not using this correctly. I
JNG> could not find anything on the internet about this particular problem.
JNG> For more information, I am including the results of several commands.
JNG> Let me know if you need more information.
JNG> Thanks in advance for your help.
JNG> Regards,
JNG> Jean-Noel GADREAU
JNG> ============================================
JNG> # vgdisplay -v vg01
JNG> --- Volume group ---
JNG> VG Name vg01
JNG> VG Access read/write
JNG> VG Status available/resizable
JNG> VG # 0
JNG> MAX LV 256
JNG> Cur LV 1
JNG> Open LV 1
JNG> MAX LV Size 255.99 GB
JNG> Max PV 256
JNG> Cur PV 1
JNG> Act PV 1
JNG> VG Size 37.27 GB
JNG> PE Size 4.00 MB
JNG> Total PE 9541
JNG> Alloc PE / Size 9500 / 37.11 GB
JNG> Free PE / Size 41 / 164.00 MB
JNG> VG UUID SCcP8o-73vj-4rCl-GbTx-A0up-5GAu-BEEgVL
JNG> --- Logical volume ---
JNG> LV Name /dev/vg01/data
JNG> VG Name vg01
JNG> LV Write Access read/write
JNG> LV Status available
JNG> LV # 1
JNG> # open 1
JNG> LV Size 37.11 GB
JNG> Current LE 9500
JNG> Allocated LE 9500
JNG> Allocation next free
JNG> Read ahead sectors 120
JNG> Block device 58:0
JNG> --- Physical volumes ---
JNG> PV Name (#) /dev/hdf1 (1)
JNG> PV Status available / allocatable
JNG> Total PE / Free PE 9541 / 41
JNG> =============================================
JNG> # vgscan -v
JNG> vgscan -- removing "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
JNG> vgscan -- creating empty "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d"
JNG> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
JNG> vgscan -- scanning for all active volume group(s) first
JNG> vgscan -- found active volume group "vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- reading data of volume group "vg01" from physical volume(s)
JNG> vgscan -- inserting "vg01" into lvmtab
JNG> vgscan -- backing up volume group "vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- checking volume group name "vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- checking volume group consistency of "vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- checking existence of "/etc/lvmtab.d"
JNG> vgscan -- storing volume group data of "vg01" in "/etc/lvmtab.d/vg01.tmp"
JNG> vgscan -- storing physical volume data of "vg01" in "/etc/lvmtab.d/vg01.tmp"
JNG> vgscan -- storing logical volume data of volume group "vg01" in
JNG> "/etc/lvmtab.d/v
JNG> g01.tmp"
JNG> vgscan -- renaming "/etc/lvmtab.d/vg01.tmp" to "/etc/lvmtab.d/vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- removing special files and directory for volume group "vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- creating directory and group character special file for "vg01"
JNG> vgscan -- creating block device special files for vg01
JNG> vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
JNG> vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume
JNG> group
JNG> =============================================
JNG> # pvscan -v
JNG> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
JNG> pvscan -- walking through all physical volumes found
JNG> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde1" is in no VG [18.64 GB]
JNG> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hde2" is in no VG [18.64 GB]
JNG> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/hdf1" of VG "vg01" [37.27 GB / 164.00 MB free]
JNG> pvscan -- total: 3 [74.56 GB] / in use: 1 [37.27 GB] / in no VG: 2
JNG> [37.29 GB]
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Best regards,
Gaziz mailto:lvm at betta.gaziz.ca
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