Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

one of the PV -hdisk1 is full while assign to a LV. However, the lspv hdisk1 shows:
PP SIZE: 128 megabyte(s) LOGICAL VOLUMES: 12
TOTAL PPs: 546 (69888 megabytes) VG DESCRIPTORS: 1
FREE PPs: 374 (47872 megabytes) HOT SPARE: no
USED PPs: 172 (22016 megabytes) MAX REQUEST: 256 kilobytes
FREE DISTRIBUTION: 109..18..29..109..109
USED DISTRIBUTION: 01..91..80..00..00
How can I use the "extendlv -m MapFile logicalVolume" to increase the PP of this HD available to the LV? I read the manual about the -m option, can not quite under stand the meaning of partition number in MapFile?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Run "lspv -M hdisk1"

Here is a sample output:
$ lspv -M hdisk0 | head
hdisk0:1 hd5:1:1
hdisk0:2 ngs:1:1
hdisk0:3 share:1:1
hdisk0:4 oradata:1:1
hdisk0:5 inst.save:1:1
hdisk0:6-10
hdisk0:11 hd4:15:1
hdisk0:12 lpplvov:1:2
hdisk0:13 lpplvov:2:2
hdisk0:14 lpplvov:3:2

In this case, on hdisk0, the PPnums 6-10 are available.

To use these you would create a map file where the sole content is:

hdisk0:6-10

Then you would invoke:
extendlv -m /tmp/mymapfile LVName Partitions

Note
6-10 are available for use and that is 5 partitions and not 4.
If you specify "6" for Partitions in extendlv, and only 5 are available there will be an error message.

The map file can have multiple lines from different disks as well.

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

According to the format of IBM redbook doc for extendlv, should that be:
extendlv m hdisk1:202-204 fslv00 3, if my lspv -M hdisk1 indicated that
hdisk1:201 fslv00:235
hdisk1:202-219
hdisk1:220 hd8:1:2
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