We’ve been seeing this a lot lately on generic CentOS 6 rpm installs:
rpm -qa | grep libguestfs
libguestfs-java-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-java-devel-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-tools-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-javadoc-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-devel-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-tools-c-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-winsupport-1.0-7.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-debuginfo-1.7.17-26.el6.x86_64
[root@torpedo ~]# virt-resize -d --resize /dev/sda2=512M --expand /dev/sda1 /home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz /dev/vg0/kvm105_img
command line: virt-resize -d --resize /dev/sda2=512M --expand /dev/sda1 /home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz /dev/vg0/kvm105_img
Examining /home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz ...
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz" "readonly:true"
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/dev/vg0/kvm105_img" "readonly:false"
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0
libguestfs: trace: launch
libguestfs: trace: launch = 0
libguestfs: trace: lvm_set_filter "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: lvm_set_filter = 0
libguestfs: trace: available "ntfsprogs ntfs3g"
libguestfs: trace: available = 0
libguestfs: trace: available "btrfs"
libguestfs: trace: available = 0
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getss "/dev/sdb"
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getss = 512
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 = 1073741824
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 "/dev/sdb"
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 = 42949672960
libguestfs: trace: part_get_parttype "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: part_get_parttype = "msdos"
/home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz size 1073741824 bytes
/dev/vg0/kvm105_img size 42949672960 bytes
partition table type: msdos
libguestfs: trace: pvs_full
libguestfs: trace: pvs_full = <struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *>
libguestfs: trace: part_list "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: part_list = <struct guestfs_partition_list *>
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable "/dev/sda" 1
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable = 1
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id "/dev/sda" 1
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id = 131
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type "/dev/sda1"
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type = "ext4"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro "/dev/sda1" "/"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro = 0
libguestfs: trace: statvfs "/"
libguestfs: trace: statvfs = <struct guestfs_statvfs *>
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable "/dev/sda" 2
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable = 0
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id "/dev/sda" 2
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id = 130
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type "/dev/sda2"
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type = "ext3"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro "/dev/sda2" "/"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro = 0
libguestfs: trace: statvfs "/"
libguestfs: trace: statvfs = <struct guestfs_statvfs *>
libguestfs: trace: lvs
libguestfs: trace: lvs = []
2 partitions found
/dev/sda1:
partition data: 1 1048576-1000341503 (999292928 bytes)
bootable: true
partition ID: 0x83
content: filesystem ext4 (983556096 bytes)
/dev/sda2:
partition data: 2 1000341504-1072693247 (72351744 bytes)
bootable: false
partition ID: 0x82
content: filesystem ext3 (70054912 bytes)
0 logical volumes found
surplus before --expand or --shrink: 41411182592
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Summary of changes:
/dev/sda1: This partition will be resized from 953.0M to 39.5G. The
filesystem ext4 on /dev/sda1 will be expanded using the 'resize2fs'
method.
/dev/sda2: This partition will be resized from 69.0M to 512.0M. The
filesystem ext3 on /dev/sda2 will be expanded using the 'resize2fs'
method.
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Setting up initial partition table on /dev/vg0/kvm105_img ...
libguestfs: trace: part_init "/dev/sdb" "msdos"
libguestfs: trace: part_init = 0
libguestfs: trace: pread_device "/dev/sda" 446 0
libguestfs: trace: pread_device = "\xebc\x90\x10\x8e\xd0\xbc\x00\xb0\xb8\x00\x00\x8e\xd8\x8e\xc0\xfb\xbe\x00|\xbf\x00\x06\xb9\x00\x02\xf3\xa4\xea!\x06\x00\x00\xbe\xbe\x078\x04u\x0b\x83\xc6\x10\x81\xfe\xfe\x07u\xf3\xeb\x16\xb4\x02\xb0\x01\xbb\x00|\xb2\x80\x8at\x01\x8bL\x02\xcd\x13\xea\x00|\x00\x00\xeb\xfe\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x80\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xfa\x90\x90\xf6\xc2\x80t\x05\xf6\xc2pt\x02\xb2\x80\xeay|\x00\x001\xc0\x8e\xd8\x8e\xd0\xbc\x00 \xfb\xa0d|<\xfft\x02\x88\xc2R\xbb\x17\x04\x80'\x03t\x06\xbe\x88}\xe8\x17\x01\xbe\x05|\xb4A\xbb\xaaU\xcd\x13ZRr=\x81\xfbU\xaau7\x83\xe1\x01t21\xc0\x89D\x04@\x88D\xff\x89D\x02\xc7\x04\x10\x00f\x8b\x1e\|f\x89\\x08f\x8b\x1e`|f\x89\\x0c\xc7D\x06\x00p\xb4B\xcd\x13r\x05\xbb\x00p\xebv\xb4\x08\xcd\x13s\x0d\xf6\xc2\x80\x0f\x84\xd0\x00\xbe\x93}\xe9\x82\x00f\x0f\xb6\xc6\x88d\xff"<truncated, original size 446 bytes>
libguestfs: trace: pwrite_device "/dev/sdb" "\xebc\x90\x10\x8e\xd0\xbc\x00\xb0\xb8\x00\x00\x8e\xd8\x8e\xc0\xfb\xbe\x00|\xbf\x00\x06\xb9\x00\x02\xf3\xa4\xea!\x06\x00\x00\xbe\xbe\x078\x04u\x0b\x83\xc6\x10\x81\xfe\xfe\x07u\xf3\xeb\x16\xb4\x02\xb0\x01\xbb\x00|\xb2\x80\x8at\x01\x8bL\x02\xcd\x13\xea\x00|\x00\x00\xeb\xfe\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x80\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xff\xfa\x90\x90\xf6\xc2\x80t\x05\xf6\xc2pt\x02\xb2\x80\xeay|\x00\x001\xc0\x8e\xd8\x8e\xd0\xbc\x00 \xfb\xa0d|<\xfft\x02\x88\xc2R\xbb\x17\x04\x80'\x03t\x06\xbe\x88}\xe8\x17\x01\xbe\x05|\xb4A\xbb\xaaU\xcd\x13ZRr=\x81\xfbU\xaau7\x83\xe1\x01t21\xc0\x89D\x04@\x88D\xff\x89D\x02\xc7\x04\x10\x00f\x8b\x1e\|f\x89\\x08f\x8b\x1e`|f\x89\\x0c\xc7D\x06\x00p\xb4B\xcd\x13r\x05\xbb\x00p\xebv\xb4\x08\xcd\x13s\x0d\xf6\xc2\x80\x0f\x84\xd0\x00\xbe\x93}\xe9\x82\x00f\x0f\xb6\xc6\x88d\xff"<truncated, original size 446 bytes> 0
libguestfs: trace: pwrite_device = 446
libguestfs: trace: pread_device "/dev/sda" 2097152 512
libguestfs: trace: pread_device = "R\xe8(\x01t\x08V\xbe3\x81\xe8L\x01^\xbf\xf4\x81f\x8b-\x83}\x08\x00\x0f\x84\xe9\x00\x80|\xff\x00tFf\x8b\x1df\x8bM\x04f1\xc0\xb0\x7f9E\x08\x7f\x03\x8bE\x08)E\x08f\x01\x05f\x83U\x04\x00\xc7\x04\x10\x00\x89D\x02f\x89\\x08f\x89L\x0c\xc7D\x06\x00pP\xc7D\x04\x00\x00\xb4B\xcd\x13\x0f\x82\xbb\x00\xbb\x00p\xebhf\x8bE\x04f\x09\xc0\x0f\x85\xa3\x00f\x8b\x05f1\xd2f\xf74\x88T\x0af1\xd2f\xf7t\x04\x88T\x0b\x89D\x0c;D\x08\x0f\x8d\x83\x00\x8b\x04*D\x0a9E\x08\x7f\x03\x8bE\x08)E\x08f\x01\x05f\x83U\x04\x00\x8aT\x0d\xc0\xe2\x06\x8aL\x0a\xfe\xc1\x08\xd1\x8al\x0cZR\x8at\x0bP\xbb\x00p\x8e\xc31\xdb\xb4\x02\xcd\x13rP\x8c\xc3\x8eE\x0aX\xc1\xe0\x05\x01E\x0a`\x1e\xc1\xe0\x03\x89\xc11\xff1\xf6\x8e\xdb\xfc\xf3\xa5\x1f\xe8>\x00t\x06\xbe;\x81\xe8c\x00a\x83}\x08\x00\x0f\x85\x1d\xff\x83"<truncated, original size 2097152 bytes>
libguestfs: trace: pwrite_device "/dev/sdb" "R\xe8(\x01t\x08V\xbe3\x81\xe8L\x01^\xbf\xf4\x81f\x8b-\x83}\x08\x00\x0f\x84\xe9\x00\x80|\xff\x00tFf\x8b\x1df\x8bM\x04f1\xc0\xb0\x7f9E\x08\x7f\x03\x8bE\x08)E\x08f\x01\x05f\x83U\x04\x00\xc7\x04\x10\x00\x89D\x02f\x89\\x08f\x89L\x0c\xc7D\x06\x00pP\xc7D\x04\x00\x00\xb4B\xcd\x13\x0f\x82\xbb\x00\xbb\x00p\xebhf\x8bE\x04f\x09\xc0\x0f\x85\xa3\x00f\x8b\x05f1\xd2f\xf74\x88T\x0af1\xd2f\xf7t\x04\x88T\x0b\x89D\x0c;D\x08\x0f\x8d\x83\x00\x8b\x04*D\x0a9E\x08\x7f\x03\x8bE\x08)E\x08f\x01\x05f\x83U\x04\x00\x8aT\x0d\xc0\xe2\x06\x8aL\x0a\xfe\xc1\x08\xd1\x8al\x0cZR\x8at\x0bP\xbb\x00p\x8e\xc31\xdb\xb4\x02\xcd\x13rP\x8c\xc3\x8eE\x0aX\xc1\xe0\x05\x01E\x0a`\x1e\xc1\xe0\x03\x89\xc11\xff1\xf6\x8e\xdb\xfc\xf3\xa5\x1f\xe8>\x00t\x06\xbe;\x81\xe8c\x00a\x83}\x08\x00\x0f\x85\x1d\xff\x83"<truncated, original size 2097152 bytes> 512
libguestfs: trace: pwrite_device = 2097152
align_first_partition_and_fix_bootloader = false
libguestfs: trace: part_add "/dev/sdb" "primary" 2048 82835071
libguestfs: trace: part_add = 0
libguestfs: trace: part_add "/dev/sdb" "primary" 82835072 83883647
libguestfs: trace: part_add = 0
Copying /dev/sda1 ...
libguestfs: trace: copy_device_to_device "/dev/sda1" "/dev/sdb1" "size:999292928"
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libguestfs: trace: copy_device_to_device = 0
Copying /dev/sda2 ...
libguestfs: trace: copy_device_to_device "/dev/sda2" "/dev/sdb2" "size:72351744"
libguestfs: trace: copy_device_to_device = 0
libguestfs: trace: part_set_bootable "/dev/sdb" 1 true
libguestfs: trace: part_set_bootable = 0
libguestfs: trace: part_set_mbr_id "/dev/sdb" 1 131
libguestfs: trace: part_set_mbr_id = 0
libguestfs: trace: part_set_mbr_id "/dev/sdb" 2 130
libguestfs: trace: part_set_mbr_id = 0
libguestfs: trace: umount_all
libguestfs: trace: umount_all = 0
libguestfs: trace: sync
libguestfs: trace: sync = 0
libguestfs: trace: close
libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync
libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync = 0
libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess
libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess = 0
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/dev/vg0/kvm105_img" "readonly:false"
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0
libguestfs: trace: launch
libguestfs: trace: launch = 0
Expanding /dev/sda1 using the 'resize2fs' method ...
libguestfs: trace: e2fsck_f "/dev/sda1"
libguestfs: trace: e2fsck_f = -1 (error)
Fatal error: exception Guestfs.Error("e2fsck_f:
/dev/vda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)")
libguestfs: trace: close
libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync
libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync = 0
libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess
libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess = 0
[root@torpedo ~]# rpm -qa | grep libguestfs
libguestfs-tools-c-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-winsupport-1.0-7.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-tools-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-javadoc-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-devel-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-debuginfo-1.7.17-26.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-java-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
libguestfs-java-devel-1.16.19-1.el6.x86_64
[root@torpedo ~]#
However on another host it works fine using the same source image:
[root@dev1 ~]# virt-resize -d --resize /dev/sda2=512M --expand /dev/sda1 /home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz /dev/vps/kvm109_img
command line: virt-resize -d --resize /dev/sda2=512M --expand /dev/sda1 /home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz /dev/vps/kvm109_img
Examining /home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz ...
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz" "readonly:true"
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts "/dev/vps/kvm109_img" "readonly:false"
libguestfs: trace: add_drive_opts = 0
libguestfs: trace: launch
libguestfs: trace: launch = 0
libguestfs: trace: lvm_set_filter "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: lvm_set_filter = 0
libguestfs: trace: available "ntfsprogs ntfs3g"
libguestfs: trace: available = 0
libguestfs: trace: available "btrfs"
libguestfs: trace: available = 0
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getss "/dev/sdb"
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getss = 512
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 = 1073741824
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 "/dev/sdb"
libguestfs: trace: blockdev_getsize64 = 107374182400
libguestfs: trace: part_get_parttype "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: part_get_parttype = "msdos"
/home/solusvm/kvm/template/linux-ubuntu-12.04-server-x86_64-min-gen2-v1.gz size 1073741824 bytes
/dev/vps/kvm109_img size 107374182400 bytes
partition table type: msdos
libguestfs: trace: pvs_full
libguestfs: trace: pvs_full = <struct guestfs_lvm_pv_list *>
libguestfs: trace: part_list "/dev/sda"
libguestfs: trace: part_list = <struct guestfs_partition_list *>
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable "/dev/sda" 1
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable = 1
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id "/dev/sda" 1
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id = 131
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type "/dev/sda1"
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type = "ext4"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro "/dev/sda1" "/"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro = 0
libguestfs: trace: statvfs "/"
libguestfs: trace: statvfs = <struct guestfs_statvfs *>
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable "/dev/sda" 2
libguestfs: trace: part_get_bootable = 0
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id "/dev/sda" 2
libguestfs: trace: part_get_mbr_id = 130
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type "/dev/sda2"
libguestfs: trace: vfs_type = "ext3"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro "/dev/sda2" "/"
libguestfs: trace: mount_ro = 0
libguestfs: trace: statvfs "/"
libguestfs: trace: statvfs = <struct guestfs_statvfs *>
libguestfs: trace: lvs
libguestfs: trace: lvs = []
2 partitions found
/dev/sda1:
partition data: 1 1048576-1000341503 (999292928 bytes)
bootable: true
partition ID: 0x83
content: filesystem ext4 (983556096 bytes)
/dev/sda2:
partition data: 2 1000341504-1072693247 (72351744 bytes)
bootable: false
partition ID: 0x82
content: filesystem ext3 (70054912 bytes)
0 logical volumes found
surplus before --expand or --shrink: 105835692032
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