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Date:      Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:48:58 +0400
From:      milky india <milkyindia@gmail.com>
To:        Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Need help with live system expansion (zfs+geli)
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 12:44 AM Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 2:42 PM milky india <milkyindia@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 12:30 AM Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 2:25 PM milky india <milkyindia@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 12:20 AM Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 2:03 PM milky india <milkyindia@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:58 PM Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 12:52 PM milky india <
> milkyindia@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:43 PM Alan Somers <
> asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 12:31 PM milky india <
> milkyindia@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Sorry about that, again - I'm not sure what you mean by
> bottom-post vs top-post.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Be that as it may - I read the geli man page. I was
> specifically warned against using "geli resize" since it may not work as
> expected
> https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/how-to-extend-zfs-geli-encrypted-disk-space-not-showing.86447/post-581642
> >> >> >> >> > Is this advise wrong?
> >> >> >> >> > > "The geli has autoresize flag which will handle the new
> provider size after gpart resize command."
> >> >> >> >> > followed by
> >> >> >> >> > > You are right, no geli resize needed.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > What would be the correct sequence of commands to fix this -
> Simply "geli resize" ? (the -s option seems to be additional, will it
> figure it out without providing s?)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:20 PM Alan Somers <
> asomers@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> top-posting is where you insert your reply above the previous
> email.
> >> >> >> >> Bottom posting is where you insert your reply below it, like
> I'm
> >> >> >> >> doing.  The forum user said that you shouldn't need to run
> "geli
> >> >> >> >> resize" because the AUTORESIZE flag is on.  But as you can see
> from
> >> >> >> >> your "geli list" output, it's actually off.  So you need to
> run "geli
> >> >> >> >> resize".  The "-s" flag should be unnecessary since your
> provider is
> >> >> >> >> already online.  At any rate, you can try it both ways.  You
> might
> >> >> >> >> want to make a copy of /var/backups/ada0p3.eli, just in case
> you make
> >> >> >> >> a mistake.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks - I hope I am bottom posting this as was expected of me.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > So if I understand correctly the AUTORESIZE flag is present for
> adaop2 and NOT for adap3 (which is the partition we are concerned about) -
> hence the advice given to not use "geli resize" isn't applicable here. Am I
> understanding this correctly?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Yes
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > > So you need to run "geli resize"
> >> >> >> > Is this the only command that I need to run to resize my geli
> partition?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Yes
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > > The "-s" flag should be unnecessary since your provider is
> >> >> >> > already online.
> >> >> >> > Ok thanks.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > >You might want to make a copy of /var/backups/ada0p3.eli, just
> in case you make a mistake.
> >> >> >> > Don't have the luxury of backup currently.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Um, ok.  I can't guess why you aren't able to do that, but it
> isn't
> >> >> >> strictly necessary.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I suppose at the end of it - if this works - "geli list" would
> reflect the size to be 458G? (vs 290G currently)
> >> >> >> > And that's the output I can trust to have solved the issue - or
> is there more to it?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Yes.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > > The "-s" flag should be unnecessary since your provider is
> already online.
> >> >> > When I try to run "geli resize /dev/ada0p3.eli" it complains. So I
> guess options s is must ? If yes - do I need to put in the exact size down
> to bytes from the output of geli list ? Under "Mediasize" ?
> >> >> > ---------------------------------------
> >> >> > geli: Option 's' not specified.
> >> >> > ----------------------------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> Dude, it's easier just to try it, than to ask us.  Go for it.  The
> >> >> worst case scenario if you get the argument wrong is that nothing
> >> >> happens.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > The worst case scenario if you get the argument wrong is that
> nothing happens.
> >> > I'm not very sure if I put in the wrong value of s (old size) then
> "nothing happens" - I would imagine if I put in a size less than the
> current size then possibly the data after that get's lost? Or if I put in a
> size greater than the current size then there is a gap in the geli
> partition?
> >> > I sense some frustration in your reply - but I'm on a live system and
> wouldn't want to possibly risk it going kaput at this last step. That's the
> reason I'm trying to understand what is the best value of s for geli resize
> and how to obtain it.
> >>
> >> The purpose of the "-s" argument is to tell geli where to find the old
> >> label, if the provider isn't already attached.  If you supply the
> >> wrong argument, then geli won't be able to find the label, and thus
> >> won't be able to do anything.  It won't destroy any data, and it will
> >> always automatically determine the size of the current provider.  Of
> >> course, if you're worried about losing data, you should always save a
> >> copy of /var/backups/ada0p3.eli, as I suggested.
> >> -Alan
> >
> >
> >  >The purpose of the "-s" argument is to tell geli where to find the old
> > > label, if the provider isn't already attached.  If you supply the
> > > wrong argument, then geli won't be able to find the label, and thus
> > > won't be able to do anything.
> >
> > I think you're confusing the -s argument with something else - the man
> page says it's for the old size - that's why I was trying to figure it out
> and still haven't been able to quite yet. Although I suspect the
> "Mediasize" output for p3 from "geli list" is what the s value should be -
> but not very sure :
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Additional options include:
> >
> >                     -s oldsize        The size of the provider before it
> was resized.
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Yes, that's right.  geli needs to know the old size of the provider in
> order to find the provider's old label.
>

Thanks for acknowledging. I tried to do this using the s value from geli
list - it won't let me even do it as sudo :
Getting a bit scared now. Should I not be writing `.eli` part?
-----------------------------------------------------------------
sudo geli resize -s 311481593856 /dev/ada0p3.eli
Password:
geli: Cannot open /dev/ada0p3.eli: Operation not permitted.
sudo geli resize -s 311481593856 ada0p3.eli
geli: Cannot open ada0p3.eli: Operation not permitted.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 12:44 AM Alan=
 Somers &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:asomers@freebsd.org">asomers@freebsd.org</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sa=
t, Sep 17, 2022 at 2:42 PM milky india &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:milkyindia@gma=
il.com" target=3D"_blank">milkyindia@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 12:30 AM Alan Somers &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:aso=
mers@freebsd.org" target=3D"_blank">asomers@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 2:25 PM milky india &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
milkyindia@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">milkyindia@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:=
<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 12:20 AM Alan Somers &lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:asomers@freebsd.org" target=3D"_blank">asomers@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 2:03 PM milky india &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:milkyindia@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">milkyindia@gmail.com</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:58 PM Alan Somers &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:asomers@freebsd.org" target=3D"_blank">asomers@freebsd.org</=
a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 12:52 PM milky india &lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:milkyindia@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">milkyindia@gmail=
.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:43 PM Alan Somer=
s &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:asomers@freebsd.org" target=3D"_blank">asomers@free=
bsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 12:31 PM milky =
india &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:milkyindia@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">milkyin=
dia@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Sorry about that, again - I&#39;m =
not sure what you mean by bottom-post vs top-post.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Be that as it may - I read the gel=
i man page. I was specifically warned against using &quot;geli resize&quot;=
 since it may not work as expected <a href=3D"https://forums.FreeBSD.org/th=
reads/how-to-extend-zfs-geli-encrypted-disk-space-not-showing.86447/post-58=
1642" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threa=
ds/how-to-extend-zfs-geli-encrypted-disk-space-not-showing.86447/post-58164=
2</a><br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Is this advise wrong?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; &quot;The geli has autoresize=
 flag which will handle the new provider size after gpart resize command.&q=
uot;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; followed by<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; You are right, no geli resize=
 needed.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; What would be the correct sequence=
 of commands to fix this - Simply &quot;geli resize&quot; ? (the -s option =
seems to be additional, will it figure it out without providing s?)<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:20 PM A=
lan Somers &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:asomers@freebsd.org" target=3D"_blank">aso=
mers@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; top-posting is where you insert your re=
ply above the previous email.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Bottom posting is where you insert your=
 reply below it, like I&#39;m<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; doing.=C2=A0 The forum user said that y=
ou shouldn&#39;t need to run &quot;geli<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; resize&quot; because the AUTORESIZE fla=
g is on.=C2=A0 But as you can see from<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; your &quot;geli list&quot; output, it&#=
39;s actually off.=C2=A0 So you need to run &quot;geli<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; resize&quot;.=C2=A0 The &quot;-s&quot; =
flag should be unnecessary since your provider is<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; already online.=C2=A0 At any rate, you =
can try it both ways.=C2=A0 You might<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; want to make a copy of /var/backups/ada=
0p3.eli, just in case you make<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; a mistake.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Thanks - I hope I am bottom posting this as=
 was expected of me.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; So if I understand correctly the AUTORESIZE=
 flag is present for adaop2 and NOT for adap3 (which is the partition we ar=
e concerned about) - hence the advice given to not use &quot;geli resize&qu=
ot; isn&#39;t applicable here. Am I understanding this correctly?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Yes<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; So you need to run &quot;geli resize&q=
uot;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Is this the only command that I need to run=
 to resize my geli partition?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Yes<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; The &quot;-s&quot; flag should be unne=
cessary since your provider is<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; already online.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Ok thanks.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt;You might want to make a copy of /var/b=
ackups/ada0p3.eli, just in case you make a mistake.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Don&#39;t have the luxury of backup current=
ly.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Um, ok.=C2=A0 I can&#39;t guess why you aren&#39=
;t able to do that, but it isn&#39;t<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; strictly necessary.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; I suppose at the end of it - if this works =
- &quot;geli list&quot; would reflect the size to be 458G? (vs 290G current=
ly)<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; And that&#39;s the output I can trust to ha=
ve solved the issue - or is there more to it?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Yes.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; The &quot;-s&quot; flag should be unnecessary s=
ince your provider is already online.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; When I try to run &quot;geli resize /dev/ada0p3.eli&=
quot; it complains. So I guess options s is must ? If yes - do I need to pu=
t in the exact size down to bytes from the output of geli list ? Under &quo=
t;Mediasize&quot; ?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; ---------------------------------------<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; geli: Option &#39;s&#39; not specified.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; ----------------------------------------<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Dude, it&#39;s easier just to try it, than to ask us.=C2=
=A0 Go for it.=C2=A0 The<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; worst case scenario if you get the argument wrong is that=
 nothing<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; happens.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; &gt; The worst case scenario if you get the argument wrong is=
 that nothing happens.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; I&#39;m not very sure if I put in the wrong value of s (old s=
ize) then &quot;nothing happens&quot; - I would imagine if I put in a size =
less than the current size then possibly the data after that get&#39;s lost=
? Or if I put in a size greater than the current size then there is a gap i=
n the geli partition?<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; I sense some frustration in your reply - but I&#39;m on a liv=
e system and wouldn&#39;t want to possibly risk it going kaput at this last=
 step. That&#39;s the reason I&#39;m trying to understand what is the best =
value of s for geli resize and how to obtain it.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The purpose of the &quot;-s&quot; argument is to tell geli where t=
o find the old<br>
&gt;&gt; label, if the provider isn&#39;t already attached.=C2=A0 If you su=
pply the<br>
&gt;&gt; wrong argument, then geli won&#39;t be able to find the label, and=
 thus<br>
&gt;&gt; won&#39;t be able to do anything.=C2=A0 It won&#39;t destroy any d=
ata, and it will<br>
&gt;&gt; always automatically determine the size of the current provider.=
=C2=A0 Of<br>
&gt;&gt; course, if you&#39;re worried about losing data, you should always=
 save a<br>
&gt;&gt; copy of /var/backups/ada0p3.eli, as I suggested.<br>
&gt;&gt; -Alan<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 &gt;The purpose of the &quot;-s&quot; argument is to tell geli w=
here to find the old<br>
&gt; &gt; label, if the provider isn&#39;t already attached.=C2=A0 If you s=
upply the<br>
&gt; &gt; wrong argument, then geli won&#39;t be able to find the label, an=
d thus<br>
&gt; &gt; won&#39;t be able to do anything.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I think you&#39;re confusing the -s argument with something else - the=
 man page says it&#39;s for the old size - that&#39;s why I was trying to f=
igure it out and still haven&#39;t been able to quite yet. Although I suspe=
ct the &quot;Mediasize&quot; output for p3 from &quot;geli list&quot; is wh=
at the s value should be - but not very sure :<br>
&gt; ----------------------------------------------------------------------=
--------------------<br>
&gt; Additional options include:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0-s oldsize=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The size of the provider before=
 it was resized.<br>
&gt; ----------------------------------------------------------------------=
--------------------------<br>
<br>
Yes, that&#39;s right.=C2=A0 geli needs to know the old size of the provide=
r in<br>
order to find the provider&#39;s old label.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>=
<div>Thanks for acknowledging. I tried to do this using the s value from ge=
li list - it won&#39;t let me even do it as sudo :</div><div>Getting a bit =
scared now. Should I not be writing `.eli` part?=C2=A0<br>-----------------=
------------------------------------------------<br>sudo geli resize -s 311=
481593856 /dev/ada0p3.eli <br>Password:<br>geli: Cannot open /dev/ada0p3.el=
i: Operation not permitted.</div>sudo geli resize -s 311481593856 ada0p3.el=
i <br><div>geli: Cannot open ada0p3.eli: Operation not permitted.</div><div=
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-=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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