Bug#324992: lvm2: converting metadata to v2 on md* device fails

Bastian Blank waldi at debian.org
Wed Sep 28 15:12:09 UTC 2005


On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 04:09:33PM +0400, Al Nikolov wrote:
> # vgconvert -t -v -M2 raid5
>   Test mode: Metadata will NOT be updated.
>     Using volume group(s) on command line
>     Finding volume group "raid5"
>     Test mode: Skipping archiving of volume group.
>   Physical extents end beyond end of device /dev/md1!
>   /dev/md1: Format-specific setup of physical volume failed.
>   Failed to setup physical volume "/dev/md1"
>     Test mode: Wiping internal cache

Your metadata are broken, it defines more PEs than it have space on the
device. Please provide the information from /proc/mdstat (just for the
correct size) and a config backup from /etc/lvm/backup.

Bastian

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