[DRBD-user] Resize offline - Questions

[Christian Völker]

Hi list,

I realized I am using drbd now for more than ten years and is has been a 
joy all the time.

Now I have a request where I am really unsure how to deal with.

I have to resize a volume offline. Mainly because the carppy hypervisor 
does not allow to enalrge virtual disks while the vm ist running.....

I checked the docs 
<https://linbit.com/drbd-user-guide/drbd-guide-9_0-en/#s-growing-offline> 
about offline resize. There are some questions remaining. It states I 
have to edit the metadata file I created to match the sectors of the new 
size. My question now is: where do I get this number from?

I tried to firgure out and match the current size with the current 
volume but there is a mismatch:
===========================================
root at drbd1:~# grep la-size metatada.drbd1
la-size-sect 2306796728;
root at backuppc41:~# fdisk -l /dev/vdb
Disk /dev/vdb: 1,07 TiB, 1181116006400 bytes, 2306867200 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
===========================================

So from where do I get the number of sectors (after having enlarged the 
disk)?
Are there any other pitfalls?

Just to really make sure: There is no easier way to do? I mean how does 
drbd recon the new size of the disk when online?
So this won't work?
-drbdadm down
-shut down VM
-enlarge disk
-power on VM
-start drbd realizing there is a new size ...

However, any clue for the main question about how to get the sectors?


Thanks a lot!

/Christian
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