[linux-lvm] Error on lvcreate or lvremove!

bo bo at sosnetwork.net
Tue May 21 16:48:02 UTC 2002


Hello,

I did not have this kind of problem before but I installed LVM1.1-rc2,
I am experiencing the following errors;

Problem1) could not create an LV from RAID1 vol group
    [root at localhost /]# lvcreate -l 496 -n lvraid1 volRaid1
    lvcreate -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" opening logical volume "/dev/volRaid1/lvraid1"

Problem2) I could not remove it
    [root at localhost /]# lvremove /dev/volRaid1/lvraid1
    lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/volRaid1/lvraid1"? [y/n]: y
    lvremove -- ERROR "lv_release(): LV number" releasing logical volume "/dev/volRaid1/lvraid1"

Problem3) I could not create a striped LV
    [root at localhost /]# lvcreate -l200 -i2 -I4 -n lvjb2s volDisk2
    lvcreate -- not enough allocatable/free physical volume space in "volDisk2"
    lvcreate -- please check, if physical volumes are allocatable

Attched are more system information.

Please provide me your help,

Thanks,

Bo

[root at localhost /]# pvscan
pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md0"   of VG "volRaid0" [1.95 GB / 1.95 GB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md1"   of VG "volRaid0" [1.95 GB / 1.95 GB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md2"   of VG "volRaid0" [1.95 GB / 1.95 GB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md3"   of VG "volRaid1" [992 MB / 992 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md4"   of VG "volRaid1" [992 MB / 992 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md5"   of VG "volRaid5" [1.95 GB / 1.95 GB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/md6"   of VG "volRaid5" [1.95 GB / 1.95 GB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hdc9"  of VG "volDisk"  [992 MB / 992 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hdc10" of VG "volDisk2" [992 MB / 992 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hdd9"  of VG "volDisk"  [992 MB / 992 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hdd10" of VG "volDisk2" [992 MB / 992 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hda15" of VG "volDisk"  [996 MB / 996 MB free]
pvscan -- ACTIVE   PV "/dev/hda16" of VG "volDisk2" [996 MB / 996 MB free]
pvscan -- total: 13 [17.59 GB] / in use: 13 [17.59 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0]

[root at localhost /]# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name               volRaid0 
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             available/resizable
VG #                  2
MAX LV                256
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           255.99 GB
Max PV                256
Cur PV                3
Act PV                3
VG Size               5.84 GB
PE Size               4 MB
Total PE              1496
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       1496 / 5.84 GB
VG UUID               89ZFBj-yaQ0-c26m-uKgF-YhvG-2lGR-C8cvWm

--- Volume group ---
VG Name               volRaid1 
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             available/resizable
VG #                  3
MAX LV                256
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           255.99 GB
Max PV                256
Cur PV                2
Act PV                2
VG Size               1.94 GB
PE Size               4 MB
Total PE              496
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       496 / 1.94 GB
VG UUID               3keDZ8-jgky-uhKS-q1bi-d1Jf-qmsq-hw7GUs

--- Volume group ---
VG Name               volRaid5 
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             available/resizable
VG #                  4
MAX LV                256
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           255.99 GB
Max PV                256
Cur PV                2
Act PV                2
VG Size               3.89 GB
PE Size               4 MB
Total PE              996
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       996 / 3.89 GB
VG UUID               U2l1OW-L3ha-r3kH-BPXw-IJP5-ksA7-77iRJB

--- Volume group ---
VG Name               volDisk 
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             available/resizable
VG #                  0
MAX LV                256
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           255.99 GB
Max PV                256
Cur PV                3
Act PV                3
VG Size               2.91 GB
PE Size               4 MB
Total PE              745
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       745 / 2.91 GB
VG UUID               7RhXUS-Pw5B-EBYN-GKIM-PO1d-4uD7-4apSvp

--- Volume group ---
VG Name               volDisk2 
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             available/resizable
VG #                  1
MAX LV                256
Cur LV                0
Open LV               0
MAX LV Size           255.99 GB
Max PV                256
Cur PV                3
Act PV                3
VG Size               2.91 GB
PE Size               4 MB
Total PE              745
Alloc PE / Size       0 / 0
Free  PE / Size       745 / 2.91 GB
VG UUID               VT6shD-P4lh-Rk2g-DUHi-T2ch-p14Q-kl3BuV


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