[linux-lvm] New lv cannot span pv's

[Patrick Boutilier]

What does vgdisplay show?



Stefan Nilsen wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm using LVM on SuSE 8.1
> 
> As can be seen below, I cannot create a logical volume spanning physical 
> volumes even if they are in the same volume group.
> 
> I'm pretty sure I could do this in older versions of the LVM.
> 
> wale:~ # pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hda5" of VG "vgdata" [11.60 GB / 3.16 GB 
> free]
> pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hda6" of VG "vgdata" [21.71 GB / 3.24 GB 
> free]
> pvscan -- total: 2 [33.31 GB] / in use: 2 [33.31 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]
> 
> wale:~ # lvcreate -ntest -L5G vgdata
> lvcreate -- not enough allocatable/free physical volume space in 
> "vgdata"
> lvcreate -- please check, if physical volumes are allocatable
> 
> Do I really have to use MD to overcome this problem?
> Shouldn't the LVM software take care of this?
> 
> /Stefan
> 
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