Noob storage problem

gob

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Aug 4, 2011
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SOLVED

Hi
I have a new DELL server with three RAID arrays of a PERC controller
Array 1: Mirrored300Gb SAS disks (Where proxmox is installed)
Array 2: Mirrored300Gb SAS disks (used for fast data access)
Array 3: RAID 5 3 x 2Tb SATA disks (used for slow data access)

Proxmox 2.3 installed and running fine.
I created two additional LVM groups called fast-data and slow-data which map to the appropriate raid arrays.
I have added the LVM groups to the web console but they show as:
Size 278.8Gb, used 278.8Gb available 0
Size 364Tb, used 364Tb available 0

So I am unable to use the storage for guest servers.
What am I missing? Do I need to format the volumes?

Here's the output of vgdisplay:

Code:
  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               slow-data
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  2
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                1
  Open LV               0
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               3.64 TiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              953599
  Alloc PE / Size       953599 / 3.64 TiB
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
  VG UUID               7UatpT-cr52-dKeo-fCtU-IZ30-7rrb-t2BNlC


  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               fast-data
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  2
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                1
  Open LV               0
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               278.87 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              71390
  Alloc PE / Size       71390 / 278.87 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       0 / 0
  VG UUID               iQ0Ec9-PQXu-h19V-bVYR-Wd2w-Pf78-zJHI7y


  --- Volume group ---
  VG Name               pve
  System ID
  Format                lvm2
  Metadata Areas        1
  Metadata Sequence No  4
  VG Access             read/write
  VG Status             resizable
  MAX LV                0
  Cur LV                3
  Open LV               3
  Max PV                0
  Cur PV                1
  Act PV                1
  VG Size               278.37 GiB
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              71263
  Alloc PE / Size       67168 / 262.38 GiB
  Free  PE / Size       4095 / 16.00 GiB
  VG UUID               Npl3g3-BUoE-gp80-tMoc-LS6o-Badm-UlcW0V
 
Last edited:
a-ha!
It appears that I shouldn't have created a logical volume within my LVM volume group!
I removed the LV and re-added the LVM Volume group through web interface and I can now use the full volume!
 

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