Re: xfs_growfs doesn't resize
From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Date: 2011-07-01 10:46:31
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 04:30:20PM -0700, kkeller@sonic.net wrote:
Hello again all, I apologize for following up my own post, but I found some new information. On Thu 30/06/11 2:42 PM , kkeller@sonic.net wrote:I found a newer thread in the archives which might be more relevant to my issue: http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2009-09/msg00206.html But I haven't yet done a umount, and don't really wish to. So, my followup questions are: ==Is there a simple way to figure out what xfs_growfs did, and whether it caused any problems?
Apart from looking at what is on disk with xfs_db in the manner that is done in the first thread you quoted, no.
==Will I be able to fix these problems, if any, without needing a umount?
If you need to modify anything with xfs_db, then you have to unmount the filesystem first. And realistically, you need to unmount the filesystem to make sure what xfs-db is reporting is not being modified by the active filesystem. So either way, you will have to unmount the filesystem.
==Assuming my filesystem is healthy, will a simple kernel update (and reboot of course!) allow me to resize the filesystem in one step, instead of 2TB increments?
I'd upgrade both kernel and userspace. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs