Re: [libvirt-users] Resizing lvm fails with fedora20

On 11.01.2015 02:57, Alex Regan wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to resize a 15GB LVM root partition on a fedora20 server with > a fedora20 guest and I'm having a problem. Is this supported on fedora20? > > I recall having a similar problem (maybe even exact same problem) all > the way back in fedora16 or fedora17, but hoped/thought it would be > fixed by now? > > # virt-df -h test1-011015.img > Filesystem Size Used Available Use% > test1-011015.img:/dev/prop/boot 476M 109M 338M 23% > test1-011015.img:/dev/prop/root 14G 10G 3.3G 72% > > # truncate -s 50G newimg > # virt-resize test1-011015.img newimg --expand /dev/sda1 --LV-expand > /dev/prop/root > Examining test1-011015.img ... > virt-resize: libguestfs error: lvm_set_filter: vgchange -ay: > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad: No such file or directory. > Falling back to internal scanning. > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > Couldn't find device with uuid uA2ju5-EElD-xgB3-EE7J-gJ55-UnkY-Vq2l6H. > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory > Refusing activation of partial LV home. Use --partial to override. > I thought this has been already fixed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016218

> What are my alternatives for resizing a root partition on LVM? I guess updating lvm2. Seems like you won't be able to use pure vgchange and do thing by hand anyway.

Michal