On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, [email protected] wrote: > I once had a similar problem with SuSE I think. > I was successful using > echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan
I finally got a chance to try this again, and indeed the above command before the pvresize works perfectly. > -----Original Message----- > I expanded a RAID-6 set by the addition of additional volumes through > OMSA. All physical disks were in local slots attached to the same Perc > 6/i (no MDx000). The entire disk /dev/sdX (no partitions) was previously > made into a single LVM volume group, and remained active throughout this > procedure. When completed, "omreport storage vdisk" reported the new and > correct size. The new size was not otherwise available to the kernel, > however: pvscan reported the old size, pvresize did not resize, > /sys/block/sdX/size contained the old size. A pvresize resized the > physical volume only after a reboot. What's the trick to making this > work without a reboot? I have several RAID sets to resize, where > rebooting is not an option. Thanks, > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
