[PLUG] 9 Tb only allocated 200 Gb

David Bridges david at kisbdnb.info
Tue Aug 25 19:49:18 UTC 2020


I'm glad that it worked for you.  Always happy to help.

--
David

On Tue, 2020-08-25 at 14:41 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> That did it, I now have all of my disk space I need for video
> storage.
> Again, thank you very much.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 1:19 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Going to look at it tonight but that looks logical. And it follows
> > the thread I was picking up in the sequence of commands.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 12:21 PM David Bridges <david at kisbdnb.info>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2020-08-25 at 10:02 -0700, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> > > > Could you boot Knoppix on the box and expand the partition with
> > > > gparted?
> > > > 
> > > > Btw: output from: fdisk -l + /etc/fstab would be more useful
> > > > than df
> > > 
> > > The space did actually get allocated but only to ubuntu-vg (the
> > > volume
> > > group)
> > > 
> > > > VG Size               9.09 TiB
> > > >   PE Size               4.00 MiB
> > > >   Total PE              2383615
> > > >   Alloc PE / Size       51200 / 200.00 GiB
> > > >   Free  PE / Size       2332415 / <8.90 TiB
> > > 
> > > The logical volume (ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv) was only allocated a
> > > small
> > > portion of the space.
> > > 
> > > gparted, well any partitioning tool is not what you need here,
> > > you just
> > > need to extend the logical volume and then resize the file
> > > system.
> > > 
> > > Resizing the logical volume and resizing the file system can be
> > > done
> > > while the file system is mounted.  The commands below are
> > > examples of
> > > how you can do this.
> > > 
> > > lvextend -l +2332415 /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
> > > 
> > > The command above will use up the rest of the free PE's (physical
> > > extents)  Instead of using the -l you can use -L and specify a
> > > specific
> > > amount of disk space instead of the number of extents to extend
> > > the
> > > logical volume by.
> > > 
> > > man lvextend is your friend.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Once the logical volume has been extended you can then resize the
> > > file
> > > system using the following command.
> > > 
> > > resize2fs -F -f /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
> > > 
> > > The command above assumes an ext2/ext3/ext4 file system.  If your
> > > file
> > > system is something else you would need to use the appropriate
> > > commands
> > > to resize it.
> > > 
> > > man resize2fs is also your friend.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > David
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > -T
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020, 06:22 Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Folks,
> > > > > I just setup a Zoneminder server the machine has 9 Tb of
> > > > > drive but when I did the Ubuntu server setup it only
> > > > > allocated
> > > > > 200Gb. Here are some numbers:
> > > > > 
> > > > > root at komodo:/home/kp4djt# df
> > > > > Filesystem                        1K-blocks     Used
> > > > > Available Use%
> > > > > Mounted
> > > > > on
> > > > > udev                               18430452        0  1843045
> > > > > 2   0%
> > > > > /dev
> > > > > tmpfs                               3694824     1444   369338
> > > > > 0   1%
> > > > > /run
> > > > > /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 205375464 11628640
> > > > > 183244680   6%
> > > > > /
> > > > > tmpfs                              18474116  2222680  1625143
> > > > > 6  13%
> > > > > /dev/shm
> > > > > tmpfs                                  5120        0      512
> > > > > 0   0%
> > > > > /run/lock
> > > > > tmpfs                              18474116        0  1847411
> > > > > 6   0%
> > > > > /sys/fs/cgroup
> > > > > /dev/sda2                            999320   106304    82420
> > > > > 4  12%
> > > > > /boot
> > > > > /dev/sda1                            523248     7956    51529
> > > > > 2   2%
> > > > > /boot/efi
> > > > > /dev/loop1                            56320    56320         
> > > > > 0 100%
> > > > > /snap/core18/1880
> > > > > /dev/loop0                            30720    30720         
> > > > > 0 100%
> > > > > /snap/snapd/8542
> > > > > /dev/loop2                            73088    73088         
> > > > > 0 100%
> > > > > /snap/lxd/16099
> > > > > tmpfs                               3694820        0   369482
> > > > > 0   0%
> > > > > /run/user/1000
> > > > > /dev/loop3                            56704    56704         
> > > > > 0 100%
> > > > > /snap/core18/1885
> > > > > /dev/loop4                            30720    30720         
> > > > > 0 100%
> > > > > /snap/snapd/8790
> > > > > /dev/loop5                            72320    72320         
> > > > > 0 100%
> > > > > /snap/lxd/16922
> > > > > root at komodo:/home/kp4djt#
> > > > > /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv 205375464 11628640
> > > > > 183244680   6%
> > > > > /
> > > > > is the one of interest.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Here is more info:
> > > > > root at komodo:/home/kp4djt# vgdisplay -v
> > > > >   --- Volume group ---
> > > > >   VG Name               ubuntu-vg
> > > > >   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               1
> > > > >   Max PV                0
> > > > >   Cur PV                1
> > > > >   Act PV                1
> > > > >   VG Size               9.09 TiB
> > > > >   PE Size               4.00 MiB
> > > > >   Total PE              2383615
> > > > >   Alloc PE / Size       51200 / 200.00 GiB
> > > > >   Free  PE / Size       2332415 / <8.90 TiB
> > > > >   VG UUID               799iwc-0lYp-Mh3T-I5JO-lPoW-vodP-
> > > > > rUtr7C
> > > > > 
> > > > > This is where the video from the Zoneminder cameras will
> > > > > be stored. I need to increase the size of the Alloc PE / Size
> > > > >  51200 / 200.00 GiB
> > > > > to access most if not all of the remaining  Free  PE / Size
> > > > >  2332415 / <8.90 TiB
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am not sure how to go about this one but need to expand
> > > > > that to where it will not fill up with camera video.I really
> > > > > only
> > > > > need 2 Tb of the space but might as well use as much as
> > > > > possible due to where the cameras are located.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have looked at the documentation but not sure what I am
> > > > > doing as I have never had to do this. I really do not want to
> > > > > mess this ZM install up as it is working like clockwork, and
> > > > > I want to keep it that way.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any guidance?
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > 
> > > > > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > > > > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > > > > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > > > > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > > > > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
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> > --
> > 
> > Chuck Hast  -- KP4DJT --
> > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
> > Ph 4:13 KJV
> > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.
> > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
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