lvextend fails with error message: "Volume group "vgname" metadata archive failed"
Issue
- Why
lvextendfails to extend the LV with below error message:
[root@localhost ~]# lvextend -L +1G /dev/vgname/lvname
Couldn't create temporary archive name.
Volume group "vgname" metadata archive failed.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- LVM
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