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Can't Create LVM for Xen Virtualization !
Mahfuz_SS_EHL
Host Rep, Veteran
in Help
Hi,
I need to create LVG for Xen Virtualization. I was following this tutorial: http://www.tecmint.com/create-lvm-storage-in-linux/
This is My fdisk result:
Disk /dev/sdb: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00059fdf Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 1045 8388608+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb2 1045 1110 524288+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb3 1110 134785 1073741824+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sdb4 134785 364802 1847607768 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 134785 364802 1847605720+ fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sda: 3000.6 GB, 3000592982016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 364801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000c2821 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 1045 8388608+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda2 1045 1110 524288+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda3 1110 134785 1073741824+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda4 134785 364802 1847607768 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 134785 364802 1847605720+ fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/md0: 8589 MB, 8589869056 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 2097136 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/md1: 536 MB, 536805376 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 131056 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/md3: 1891.9 GB, 1891948101632 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 461901392 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe59000fa Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/md3p1 1 461901392 1847605566 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/md2: 1099.5 GB, 1099511431168 bytes 2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 268435408 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000
This is My df -h result:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md2 1008G 1.2G 956G 1% / tmpfs 7.4G 0 7.4G 0% /dev/shm /dev/md1 496M 31M 440M 7% /boot /dev/md3 1.7T 68M 1.7T 1% /home
If I want to create Physical Disk using pvcreate, it says:
[root@CentOS-66-32-minimal ~]# pvcreate /dev/md3p1 Can't open /dev/md3p1 exclusively. Mounted filesystem?
Can anyone help Me in solving this & create a LVG Successfully !!
Thanks in Advance.
Comments
Well you already have /dev/md3 mounted as home that is first problem.
Then, I can't find any other Partition which isn't mounted and available free. Then, what to do !
With sw raid you already set the partitons like /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 then you created a md device either raid1 or raid 0. So the md device can not be broken down anymore partitions unless you a VG group already established. Then you can create logical volumes (LV's). You have to use the whole md3 for a VG.
hetzner server? you should change partitions over installimage on rescue mode. it was easier
umount /dev/md3
pvcreate /dev/md3
vgcreate -s 32M VG_VZ /dev/md3
lvcreate -L 50G -n home VG_VZ what ever size you want to make
mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/VG_VZ/home
Edit you /etc/fstab and change the /home info to reflect as the disk /dev/mapper/VG_VZ/home instead of /dev/md3
reboot
But this is a general workup of the commands you need to create a VG and still have /home directory. I might be wrong somewhere but this off the top of the head.
unmount /dev/md3
Modify /etc/fstab & remove the /home entry, reboot & then do pvcreate & then vgcreate
NOTE: Assuming that you don't need an extra partition for /home & enough space to use / for /home.
I did this but now showing problem with MySQL.