Topic: Can't shrink an LVM PV
I am trying to shrink an LVM PV but it will not work.
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GParted 0.19.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize
Libparted 3.2
Shrink /dev/sda3 from 930.77 GiB to 770.77 GiB 00:00:01 ( ERROR )
calibrate /dev/sda3 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sda3
start: 1550336
end: 1953523711
size: 1951973376 (930.77 GiB)
check file system on /dev/sda3 for errors and (if possible) fix them 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
lvm pvck -v /dev/sda3
Found label on /dev/sda3, sector 1, type=LVM2 001
Found text metadata area: offset=4096, size=1044480
DEGRADED MODE. Incomplete RAID LVs will be processed.
Scanning /dev/sda3
Found LVM2 metadata record at offset=11264, size=1536, offset2=0 size2=0
Found LVM2 metadata record at offset=9728, size=1536, offset2=0 size2=0
shrink file system 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
lvm pvresize -v --setphysicalvolumesize 808214528K /dev/sda3
0 physical volume(s) resized / 1 physical volume(s) not resized
DEGRADED MODE. Incomplete RAID LVs will be processed.
Using physical volume(s) on command line
Archiving volume group "xubuntu-vg" metadata (seqno 7).
/dev/sda3: Pretending size is 1616429056 not 1951971328 sectors.
Resizing volume "/dev/sda3" to 1951971328 sectors.
Resizing physical volume /dev/sda3 from 0 to 197317 extents.
/dev/sda3: cannot resize to 197317 extents as later ones are allocated.
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