gfs2_grow command fails with the message "The calculated resource group size is too small."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While increasing the gfs2 file system we are getting below messages and gfs2 filesystem does not grow :

     # gfs2_grow /gfs2_example_fs
     The calculated resource group size is too small.
     /gfs2_example_fs has not grown.
     gfs2_grow complete.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6, 7 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • pacemaker
  • Global Filesystem 2(GFS2)

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