[linux-lvm] invalid number of free physical extents

Heinz J . Mauelshagen mauelshagen at sistina.com
Wed Aug 28 08:41:21 UTC 2002


On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 04:44:24PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> My mistake,
> 
> I thought I had plenty of free space on the VG, put apparently, I was wrong.
> 
> I have reduced the size of a couple of my test LVs and it is working now.

Alright.
LVM2 will have a better error message ;)

> 
> Greg
>  >>  All,
> 
>  >>  I have a VG which I have used extensively for snapshot testing.
> 
>  >>  Now everytime I try to get a snapshot, it fails with error code 13
> 
>  >>  Per the man entry:
> 
>  >>  13 invalid number of free physical extents
> 
>  >>  I don't want to rebuild this VG because some of the other LVs on it have
>  >>  valid data.
> 
>  >>  Is there a lvm repair tool that might fix this for me.
> 
>  >>  Thanks,
>  >>  Greg
>  >>  ======
>  >>  Greg Freemyer
>  >>  Internet Engineer
>  >>  Deployment and Integration Specialist
>  >>  Compaq ASE - Tru64 v4, v5
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Greg Freemyer
> Internet Engineer
> Deployment and Integration Specialist
> Compaq ASE - Tru64 v4, v5
> Compaq Master ASE - SAN Architect
> The Norcross Group
> www.NorcrossGroup.com
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