system:
Freshly kicked CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
Linux giant-backup-host 2.6.9-55.0.9.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 18:28:00 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
physical volumes:
two raid-5 on a 3ware 9000 controller; first is 7x298.09G, second is 8x298.09G
lvm:
LVM version: 2.02.06 (2006-05-12)
Library version: 1.02.07 (2006-05-11)
Driver version: 4.5.5
pvdisplay output:
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda3
VG Name two_raids
PV Size 1.74 TB / not usable 0
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 57084
Free PE 57084
Allocated PE 0
PV UUID bGElGk-Wg1E-8CTV-Er1X-Ajdd-6q4f-hpjDi4
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sdb1
VG Name two_raids
PV Size 2.04 TB / not usable 0
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 32768
Total PE 66754
Free PE 66064
Allocated PE 690
PV UUID tWRjzS-HBcD-8orQ-L7d0-jPXA-O1UM-h65qU3
vgdisplay output:
--- Volume group ---
VG Name two_raids
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 2
Metadata Sequence No 18
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 3
Open LV 3
Max PV 0
Cur PV 2
Act PV 2
VG Size 3.78 TB
PE Size 32.00 MB
Total PE 123838
Alloc PE / Size 690 / 21.56 GB
Free PE / Size 123148 / 3.76 TB
VG UUID UAGy8x-zDdQ-97QG-Utl8-1KuJ-WboB-iB9y6H
disk creation:
# lvcreate -l 116900 -n data two_raids
error:
device-mapper: device 8:17 too small for target
device-mapper: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
device-mapper: error adding target to table
device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
Failed to activate new LV.