Cannot extend a volume group, getting error " volume group 'vg_name' holds max X physical volume(s)"
Issue
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Extending a volume group (VG) using
vgextendthrows an error similar to :[root@server ~]# vgextend vg_rhel /dev/mapper/mpathb No space for '/dev/mapper/mpathb' - volume group 'vg_rhel' holds max 10 physical volume(s). Unable to add physical volume '/dev/mapper/mpathb' to volume group 'vg_rhel'.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) 2
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