Getting an error ' fsadm: Filesystem "swap" on device "/dev/mapper/rhel-swap" is not supported by this tool' while extending swap LV and it's filesystem.
Issue
- Unable to extend the swap filesystem
- Extending
swap
along with it's LV gives an error:
# lvextend -r -L +100M rhel/swap
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning.
fsadm: Filesystem "swap" on device "/dev/mapper/rhel-swap" is not supported by this tool.
# lvextend -r -L +100M rhel/swap
Size of logical volume rhel/swap changed from <2.10 GiB (537 extents) to <2.20 GiB (562 extents).
File system extend is not supported (swap).
File system extend error.
Logical volume rhel/swap successfully resized.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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