Getting error " resize2fs: New size too large to be expressed in 32 bits " while resizing ext4 filesystem.
Issue
- Expanded/extended an existing
lvfrom <16TB to 16TB and getting below error while resizing its filesystem.
resize2fs /dev/vg00/lv00
resize2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
resize2fs: New size too large to be expressed in 32 bits
lvdisplay and vgdisplayshows lv size as 16TB.
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert Devices
lv00 vg00 -wi-ao---- 16.00t /dev/sdg(0)
LV Path /dev/vg00/lv00
LV Name lv00
VG Name vg00
LV UUID mjcvWA-u750-sCi9-ZQEJ-cMvS-6Foe-8pqSYm
LV Write Access read/write
LV Creation host, time test, 2013-04-11 15:52:49 -0700
LV Status available
# open 2
LV Size 16.00 TiB
Current LE 4194558
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 253:5
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- lvm2
- ext4
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