+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #349911 +++ In the RHEL5 cluster LVM manual, on page 45 of the PDF version, when explaining how to extend a striped LV when not enough space exists to extend using the same stripe setup, it mentions to use -iL. From what I can find, this is invalid - you would instead use -i1. <context follows> volume, but you can override those parameters. The following example extends the existing striped logical volume to use the remaining free space after the initial lvextend command fails. # lvextend vg/stripe1 -L 406G Using stripesize of last segment 64.00 KB Extending logical volume stripe1 to 406.00 GB Insufficient suitable allocatable extents for logical volume stripe1: 34480 more required # lvextend -iL -l+100%FREE vg/stripe1 -- Additional comment from nstraz on 2007-12-13 12:45 EST -- Moving all RHCS ver 5 bugs to RHEL 5 so we can remove RHCS v5 which never existed. -- Additional comment from slevine on 2008-07-31 12:36 EST -- I have fixed the lvextend example so that it specifies the actual number 1 (indicating that the volume should be extended on to one stripe, which is pragmatically not really a stripe...) instead of the typo-ed letter L. Good catch. I have requested that the updated version of the document be pushed out to the docs web page, with RT 26340.
The latest version of the RHEL 5 document applies to all RHEL 5.x releases and was released with RHEL 5.3. It includes this correction.