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not able to grow striped volume

sam321
Level 4

root@L013XCRM03 # vxassist -g L013XDG01 maxgrow vol13 layout=striped
Volume vol13 can be extended by 458752 to: 8847360 (4320Mb)
root@L013XCRM03 # vxassist -g L013XDG01 maxsize
Maximum volume size: 35758080 (17460Mb)
 

root@L013XCRM03 # VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-436 Cannot allocate space to grow volume to 18877558 blocks
VxVM vxresize ERROR V-5-1-4703 Problem running vxassist command for volume vol10, in diskgroup L013XDG01

[1]+  Exit 2                  vxresize -F vxfs -g L013XDG01 vol10 +4g

why it is not letting me grow the volume even when there is a lot of space remaining

also not letting me to relayout the volume

root@L013XCRM03 # vxassist -g L013XDG01 relayout vol13 ncol=6 &
[1] 17445
root@L013XCRM03 # VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-6345 Cannot allocate 1048576 blocks of disk space required by the relayout operation for column addition
VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-4037 Relayout operation aborted. (7)

[1]+  Exit 7                  vxassist -g L013XDG01 relayout vol13 ncol=6

root@L013XCRM03 # vxprint -htg L013XDG01
DG NAME         NCONFIG      NLOG     MINORS   GROUP-ID
ST NAME         STATE        DM_CNT   SPARE_CNT         APPVOL_CNT
DM NAME         DEVICE       TYPE     PRIVLEN  PUBLEN   STATE
RV NAME         RLINK_CNT    KSTATE   STATE    PRIMARY  DATAVOLS  SRL
RL NAME         RVG          KSTATE   STATE    REM_HOST REM_DG    REM_RLNK
CO NAME         CACHEVOL     KSTATE   STATE
VT NAME         NVOLUME      KSTATE   STATE
V  NAME         RVG/VSET/CO  KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   READPOL   PREFPLEX UTYPE
PL NAME         VOLUME       KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   LAYOUT    NCOL/WID MODE
SD NAME         PLEX         DISK     DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE
SV NAME         PLEX         VOLNAME  NVOLLAYR LENGTH   [COL/]OFF AM/NM    MODE
SC NAME         PLEX         CACHE    DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE
DC NAME         PARENTVOL    LOGVOL
SP NAME         SNAPVOL      DCO

dg L013XDG01    default      default  65000    1094565774.1807.L013XCRM03

dm SE1-2A00     GENESIS0_3   auto     7423     6266880  -
dm SE1-2E00     GENESIS0_4   auto     7423     6266880  -
dm SE1-21CE     GENESIS0_0   auto     7423     74311680 -
dm SE1-25CE     GENESIS0_1   auto     7423     74311680 -
dm SE1-25D7     GENESIS0_5   auto     7423     74311680 -
dm SE1-29CE     GENESIS0_2   auto     7423     74311680 -

v  Orabin       -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    Orabin-X2S-01 fsgen
pl Orabin-X2S-01 Orabin      ENABLED  ACTIVE   10506240 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-01  Orabin-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 0       3502080  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-01  Orabin-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 0       3502080  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-01  Orabin-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 0       3502080  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  sat          -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   16777216 SELECT    -        fsgen
pl sat-01       sat          ENABLED  ACTIVE   16780800 CONCAT    -        RW
sd SE1-25D7-01  sat-01       SE1-25D7 0        16780800 0         GENESIS0_5 ENA

v  svapp        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   20971520 SELECT    svapp-X2S-01 fsgen
pl svapp-X2S-01 svapp        ENABLED  ACTIVE   20989440 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-02  svapp-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 3502080  6996480  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-02  svapp-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 3502080  6996480  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-02  svapp-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 3502080  6996480  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  svmmig       -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   31457280 SELECT    svmmig-X2S-01 fsgen
pl svmmig-X2S-01 svmmig      ENABLED  ACTIVE   31472640 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-03  svmmig-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 10498560 10490880 0/0      GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-03  svmmig-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 10498560 10490880 1/0      GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-03  svmmig-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 10498560 10490880 2/0      GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  tibvol       -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   20971520 SELECT    -        fsgen
pl tibvol-01    tibvol       ENABLED  ACTIVE   20974080 CONCAT    -        RW
sd SE1-25D7-02  tibvol-01    SE1-25D7 52431360 20974080 0         GENESIS0_5 ENA

v  vol01        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   20971520 SELECT    vol01-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol01-X2S-01 vol01        ENABLED  ACTIVE   20989440 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-04  vol01-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 20989440 6996480  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-04  vol01-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 20989440 6996480  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-04  vol01-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 20989440 6996480  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol02        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   20971520 SELECT    vol02-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol02-X2S-01 vol02        ENABLED  ACTIVE   20989440 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-05  vol02-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 27985920 6996480  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-05  vol02-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 27985920 6996480  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-05  vol02-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 27985920 6996480  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol03        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   16777216 SELECT    vol03-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol03-X2S-01 vol03        ENABLED  ACTIVE   16796160 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-06  vol03-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 34982400 5598720  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-06  vol03-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 34982400 5598720  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-06  vol03-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 34982400 5598720  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol05        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   20971520 SELECT    vol05-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol05-X2S-01 vol05        ENABLED  ACTIVE   20989440 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-07  vol05-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 40581120 6996480  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-07  vol05-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 40581120 6996480  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-07  vol05-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 40581120 6996480  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol06        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    vol06-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol06-X2S-01 vol06        ENABLED  ACTIVE   10490880 STRIPE    2/128    RW
sd SE1-2A00-01  vol06-X2S-01 SE1-2A00 0        5245440  0/0       GENESIS0_3 ENA
sd SE1-2E00-01  vol06-X2S-01 SE1-2E00 0        5245440  1/0       GENESIS0_4 ENA

v  vol07        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   6291456  SELECT    vol07-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol07-X2S-01 vol07        ENABLED  ACTIVE   6312960  STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-08  vol07-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 47577600 2104320  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-08  vol07-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 47577600 2104320  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-08  vol07-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 47577600 2104320  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol08        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    vol08-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol08-X2S-01 vol08        ENABLED  ACTIVE   10506240 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-09  vol08-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 49681920 3502080  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-09  vol08-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 49681920 3502080  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-09  vol08-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 49681920 3502080  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol09        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    vol09-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol09-X2S-01 vol09        ENABLED  ACTIVE   10506240 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-17  vol09-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 68613120 3502080  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-17  vol09-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 68613120 3502080  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-17  vol09-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 68613120 3502080  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol10        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10488950 SELECT    vol10-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol10-X2S-01 vol10        ENABLED  ACTIVE   10506240 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-10  vol10-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 53184000 3502080  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-10  vol10-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 53184000 3502080  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-10  vol10-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 53184000 3502080  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol11        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    vol11-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol11-X2S-01 vol11        ENABLED  ACTIVE   10506240 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-11  vol11-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 56686080 3502080  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-11  vol11-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 56686080 3502080  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-11  vol11-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 56686080 3502080  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol12        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   4194304  SELECT    vol12-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol12-X2S-01 vol12        ENABLED  ACTIVE   4194304  STRIPE    4/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-20  vol12-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 60188160 1048576  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-20  vol12-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 60188160 1048576  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-21  vol12-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 60188160 1048576  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA
sd SE1-25D7-06  vol12-X2S-01 SE1-25D7 17203200 1048576  3/0       GENESIS0_5 ENA

v  vol13        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   8388608  SELECT    vol13-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol13-X2S-01 vol13        ENABLED  ACTIVE   8409600  STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-13  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 61593600 1405440  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-2E00-02  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-2E00 5245440  1021440  0/1405440 GENESIS0_4 ENA
sd SE1-21CE-12  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 61240320 353280   0/2426880 GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-2A00-03  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-2A00 6097920  23040    0/2780160 GENESIS0_3 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-13  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 61593600 1405440  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-25D7-03  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-25D7 73405440 906240   1/1405440 GENESIS0_5 ENA
sd SE1-25D7-04  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-25D7 18255360 491520   1/2311680 GENESIS0_5 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-13  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 61593600 1405440  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-18  vol13-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 72115200 1397760  2/1405440 GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol14        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   2097152  SELECT    vol14-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol14-X2S-01 vol14        ENABLED  ACTIVE   2119680  STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-14  vol14-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 62999040 706560   0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-14  vol14-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 62999040 706560   1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-14  vol14-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 62999040 706560   2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol15        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   4194304  SELECT    vol15-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol15-X2S-01 vol15        ENABLED  ACTIVE   4216320  STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-15  vol15-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 63705600 1405440  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-15  vol15-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 63705600 1405440  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-15  vol15-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 63705600 1405440  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol16        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    vol16-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol16-X2S-01 vol16        ENABLED  ACTIVE   10506240 STRIPE    3/128    RW
sd SE1-21CE-16  vol16-X2S-01 SE1-21CE 65111040 3502080  0/0       GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-16  vol16-X2S-01 SE1-25CE 65111040 3502080  1/0       GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-29CE-16  vol16-X2S-01 SE1-29CE 65111040 3502080  2/0       GENESIS0_2 ENA

v  vol17        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   5242880  SELECT    -        fsgen
pl vol17-01     vol17        ENABLED  ACTIVE   5245440  CONCAT    -        RW
sd SE1-21CE-18  vol17-01     SE1-21CE 72115200 2196480  0         GENESIS0_0 ENA
sd SE1-25CE-18  vol17-01     SE1-25CE 72115200 2196480  2196480   GENESIS0_1 ENA
sd SE1-2A00-02  vol17-01     SE1-2A00 5245440  852480   4392960   GENESIS0_3 ENA

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Gaurav_S
Moderator
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Hello,

Could  be couple of things here, ok that it shows volume can be grown however Stripe is structure & to grow a stripe volume, structure of stripe needs to be maintained.

Now if you see vol13, its a 3 coulmn stripe:

v  vol13        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   8388608  SELECT    vol13-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol13-X2S-01 vol13        ENABLED  ACTIVE   8409600  STRIPE    3/128    RW

& to me it looks like it has been grown multiple times already, thats why it has multiple stripelets in same stripe coulmn.

So, you need to have atleast 3 disks with space to let this volume group in 3 coulmn stripe structure...

# vxdg -g <dg>  free

& the same reason goes for relayout ... if you want to relayout to 6 coulmn stripe, do you have enough disks with space to get the relayout done ?

 

G

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Gaurav_S
Moderator
Moderator
   VIP    Certified

Hello,

Could  be couple of things here, ok that it shows volume can be grown however Stripe is structure & to grow a stripe volume, structure of stripe needs to be maintained.

Now if you see vol13, its a 3 coulmn stripe:

v  vol13        -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   8388608  SELECT    vol13-X2S-01 fsgen
pl vol13-X2S-01 vol13        ENABLED  ACTIVE   8409600  STRIPE    3/128    RW

& to me it looks like it has been grown multiple times already, thats why it has multiple stripelets in same stripe coulmn.

So, you need to have atleast 3 disks with space to let this volume group in 3 coulmn stripe structure...

# vxdg -g <dg>  free

& the same reason goes for relayout ... if you want to relayout to 6 coulmn stripe, do you have enough disks with space to get the relayout done ?

 

G

B__Havey
Level 3
Partner Accredited

The previous comments are correct.

If you have the time, use vxsd move and join to make the subdisks in the column contiguous. Visualizing the layout would then be simplier.

Your commands concern two different volumes, maxgrow of vol13 and resize of vol10.

Is the file system in vol10 mounted? It must be.