[linux-lvm] Why is part of a PV not usable?
Francois Cami
fcami at winsoft.fr
Mon Jan 26 22:33:35 UTC 2009
Hi Jack,
Your PE size is 4096KB and your PV's size is 2559x4096KB+3.98 MB.
In other words, your PV's size is not an exact multiple of the PE size and
all you lose is always less than the PE.
( http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO )
F
2009/1/26 Allen, Jack <Jack.Allen at mckesson.com>:
> Hello:
> When I do "vgdisplay -v" or pvdisplay to see the PV, why is part of
> the PV not usable?
>
> --- Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/sdd1
> VG Name vg01
> PV Size 10.00 GB / not usable 3.98 MB
> Allocatable yes
> PE Size (KByte) 4096
> Total PE 2559
> Free PE 740
> Allocated PE 1819
> PV UUID Q3LoGB-474h-ztit-HBA7-AUEX-OxpE-xoRo0J
>
> -----
> Thanks
> Jack Allen
>
> _______________________________________________
> linux-lvm mailing list
> linux-lvm at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
>
More information about the linux-lvm
mailing list