The gfs2_grow command incorrectly fails with "is not GFS2" error

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Attempting to grow a GFS2 file system with the gfs2_grow command.
  • The command fails claiming that the file system is not GFS2 when it is:
    $ gfs2_grow /dev/mapper/clvmd--test--vg-testlv 
gfs2_grow: Filesystem /dev/mapper/clvmd--test--vg-testlv is not GFS2

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform (Clustering and GFS/GFS2)

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