Posts about lvm

Linux doesn’t automatically re-size multipath devices, so this procedure must be used to have online re-sizing of multipath. (Offline re-size is automatic, just remove the mapping and reload)

• this example will use multipath device /dev/mpath/testdisk, with scsi disks /dev/sdx and /dev/sdy
• Resize the lun on the underlying storage layer (iscsi / san)
• Check which sd? devices are relevant, and re-scan these:
  • multipath -ll testdisk
  • blockdev –rereadpt /dev/sdx
  • blockdev –rereadpt /dev/sdy
  • blockdev –getsz /dev/sdx
  • blockdev –getsz /dev/sdy
• Take note of the new size returned by getsz.
• Dump the dmsetup table to a file (and a backup)
  • dmsetup table testdisk | tee mapping.bak mapping.cur
• Edit the table stored in ‘mapping.cur’
  • vi mapping.cur, replace field 2 (size) with the new size from getsz
• Suspend I/O, reread the table, and resume I/O
  • dmsetup suspend testdisk; dmsetup reload testdisk mapping.cur; dmsetup resume testdisk
• The multipath device should now be resized:
• multipath -ll

You can now resize the filesystem on the multipath device, or the LVM-PV if you use LVM on the LUN.