Re: LVM, Max PP's and Factoring

From: Williamson, Alan (alan.williamson_at_SIEMENS.COM)
Date: 09/23/03

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    Date:         Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:03:31 +0100
    To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    
    

    I need the space to extend some existing lv's, to allow an oracle db to
    grow. A separate VG is not an otion here.

    Thanks,

    Alan

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Gipson, Mat [mailto:Mat.Gipson@AMERICREDIT.COM]
    > Sent: 23 September 2003 14:47
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Re: LVM, Max PP's and Factoring
    >
    >
    > This may be a dumb question...but what requires these disks
    > to be in the
    > same VG?
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Mathew Gipson
    > matt.gipson@americredit.com
    > 817.525.7123
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Williamson, Alan [mailto:alan.williamson@SIEMENS.COM]
    > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 8:25 AM
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: LVM, Max PP's and Factoring
    >
    > Hi all,
    >
    > I've got a slight problem with one of my volume groups. I need to add
    > more
    > disk space, but the disks I need to add are 36Gb SSA, but the volume
    > group
    > was created with 32Mb PP's. This means I can only have 1016 PP's per
    > volume.
    > I need more than this to add the 36Gb drives.
    >
    > I know I could alter the factor to 2 thus giving me 2032 PP's as a max
    > per
    > volume which would be suffucient, but this would decrease my max PV's
    > from
    > 32 to 16. I already have 19 disks in the VG.
    >
    > Q.) What's the easiest way to get around this and add my 36Gb drives.
    >
    >
    >
    > Thanks in Advance,
    >
    > Alan
    >


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