Bug 817026 - mdadm: add volume's size expansion feature
Summary: mdadm: add volume's size expansion feature
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: mdadm
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jes Sorensen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-27 13:20 UTC by Jes Sorensen
Modified: 2012-07-11 23:54 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-06-07 02:48:49 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Jes Sorensen 2012-04-27 13:20:29 UTC
Description of problem:
The attached series of patches adds a new feature: volume's size expansion.
This feature gives the ability to expand size of the last volume using any
amount of free space left in array.

Usage of expansion feature:
# mdadm --grow /dev/md/vol_name --size <number>
or
# mdadm --grow /dev/md/vol_name --size max
Environment variable MDADM_EXPERIMENTAL is required.

Additional info:
Series of 15 patches in attached tarball:
0001-FIX-Changes-in-0-case-for-reshape-position-verificat.patch
0002-imsm-FIX-Update-function-imsm_num_data_members-for-R.patch
0003-imsm-FIX-Add-volume-size-expand-support-to-imsm_anal.patch
0004-imsm-Add-new-metadata-update-for-volume-size-expansi.patch
0005-imsm-Execute-size-change-for-external-metatdata.patch
0006-FIX-Support-metadata-changes-rollback.patch
0007-imsm-FIX-Support-metadata-changes-rollback.patch
0008-FIX-Extend-size-of-raid0-array.patch
0009-FIX-Respect-metadata-size-limitations.patch
0010-FIX-Detect-error-and-rollback-metadata.patch
0011-imsm-Add-function-imsm_get_free_size.patch
0012-imsm-Support-setting-max-size-for-size-change-operat.patch
0013-imsm-FIX-Component-size-alignment-check.patch
0014-FIX-Size-change-is-possible-as-standalone-change-onl.patch
0015-FIX-Assembled-second-array-is-in-read-only-state-dur.patch

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2012-05-02 10:09:27 UTC
mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc17

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-05-02 10:15:30 UTC
mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc16

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-05-02 10:19:18 UTC
mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc15

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-05-02 20:34:24 UTC
Package mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-7105/mdadm-3.2.3-9.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-05-10 14:48:50 UTC
mdadm-3.2.4-2.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.4-2.fc17

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-05-10 14:51:27 UTC
mdadm-3.2.4-2.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.4-2.fc16

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-05-10 14:54:11 UTC
mdadm-3.2.4-2.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.4-2.fc15

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-05-15 16:36:15 UTC
mdadm-3.2.4-3.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.4-3.fc17

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-05-15 16:42:38 UTC
mdadm-3.2.4-3.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.4-3.fc16

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-05-15 16:47:20 UTC
mdadm-3.2.4-3.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.4-3.fc15

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2012-05-21 15:08:11 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc17

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2012-05-21 15:14:31 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc16

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2012-05-21 15:20:04 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc15

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2012-06-07 02:48:49 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2012-06-07 02:52:01 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2012-06-26 07:16:22 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-3.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/mdadm-3.2.5-3.fc17

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2012-07-11 23:54:11 UTC
mdadm-3.2.5-3.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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