EXT4: filesystem size does not match new LV size after lvextend

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Growing an EXT4 filesystem and LVM logical volume with # lvextend -r to a size greater than 16 TiBs either fails to extend the filesystem OR the new filesystem size is only partially larger.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • EXT4
  • LVM

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