[linux-lvm] Usable space in PV

[Timofey Koolin]

Task - problem.
I make universal extender of filesystem (for example extend fs in 
virtual computer after resize disk or add space to filesystem in hosting 
server, etc.). Before extend volume group and filesystem I want to make 
plan of extends. For plan I need to know how many bytes it can add to VG 
from disk/partition. I know size of disk, partition, free space - and I 
have to know free space after create PV on free space of disk.
I don't know how many LV will be on target system (system, which run 
fsextender), I don't know fragmentation of it and etc.
Is any way to know how many space take metadata and how many space will 
be usable?

On 01.10.2015 14:26, Zdenek Kabelac wrote:
> Dne 30.9.2015 v 17:28 Timofey Koolin napsal(a):
>> Task: calc usable space of PV before create PV and before create 
>> partition for
>> PV.
>>
>> In my experiments usable space in PV = PVSize / ExtentSize * 
>> ExtentSize with
>> integer operations.
>> But when Metadata may be large - when LVM have a lot of logical 
>> volumes and it
>> can take more space.
>>
>> I found in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf parameter pvmetadatasize = 255 secotors 
>> (default).
>> What will if metadata will grow to more then 255 sectors?
>>
>
>
> If you plan to host lots of LVs within a single VG (in range of hundreds)
> use i.e. 'pvcreate --metadatasize 5M'
> (i.e. ~7000 linear single segment LVs  takes around 2.2MB and you need 
> space for at least 2 metadatas to fit in)
>
> What I'm not quite sure is your 'task' - what's the purpose ?
> Do you want to do some 'sector' precise emulation of what lvm2 is 
> doing by watching resuls of couple command with just subset of it's 
> options ?
>
> Isn't better to read man pages ?
>
> Zdenek
>
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Timofey Koolin