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Re: [Xen-users] XCP: 4TB local storage


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  • From: Sergey Melnik <admin.sa@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 21:05:10 +0400
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Hello.
You can add free ( unpartitioned ) space to local lvm storage using
lvm or system-config-lvm ( install it from cent-os repo ).
Worked for me:)

Sergey Melnik

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Denis Cardon
<denis.cardon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jessy,
>
>> Thanks for the reply Denis.
>>
>> I kinda figured that GPT is required.
>>
>> So how does one install XCP with a GPT partion instead of an MBR
>> partition?
>
> The fdisk message (WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on
> '/dev/sda'!) says that you are already using GTP partition. Are you sure you
> are actually missing space? Could you check the ouput of vgdisplay and
> "parted /dev/sda print all" (parted is not installed by default on XCP, but
> you can install it if you enable Centos repositories)?
>
> cheers,
>
> Denis
>
>>
>> On Monday, 09 May, 2011 06:16 PM, Denis Cardon wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jessy,
>>>
>>>> 4TB storage in RAID10
>>>>
>>>> We installed XCP 1.0 and it was successful except that XCP only sees 2TB
>>>> of storage.
>>>> Output of df -h:
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>>> /dev/sda1 4.0G 1.5G 2.3G 39% /
>>>> none 380M 0 380M 0% /dev/shm
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> the df output just tells you the size of the dom0 system partition.
>>> The VM are stored on a lvm partition and you should use vgdisplay to
>>> see what you have there.
>>>
>>>> Output of fdisk -l:
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util
>>>> fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
>>>
>>> fdisk cannot deal with GPT partition table (see warning above), and
>>> GPT is required for partition above 2GB. You should actually use
>>> gparted to look at such a partition table.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Denis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WARNING: The size of this disk is 4.0 TB (3997997989888 bytes).
>>>> DOS partition table format can not be used on drives for volumes
>>>> larger than 2.2 TB (2199023255040 bytes). Use parted(1) and GUID
>>>> partition table format (GPT).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Disk /dev/sda: 3997.9 GB, 3997997989888 bytes
>>>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 486062 cylinders
>>>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>>>
>>>> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>>>> /dev/sda1 * 1 523 4194304 83 Linux
>>>> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
>>>> /dev/sda2 523 1045 4194304 83 Linux
>>>> /dev/sda3 1045 267218 2138039945+ 8e Linux LVM
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any idea on how this can be resolved? Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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