Hi, I've got a problem with the behaviour of pvmove I've tested it quite a few times, but everytime it seems to fail at the same point: In this example I've made 2 partitions on 1 disk, put them into a single volume, and I want to remove 1, and not the last one.. I keep getting the errors: pvmove -- ERROR writing output physical volume "/dev/hdf2" (still 65536 bytes to write) pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): writing output PE" pv_move_pe pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): writing output PE" moving physical extents Below is an examplesof the output I get.., and my actions.. Kernel 2.4.5, LVM driver version 0.9.1_beta2 (18/01/2001) ######## [root@localhost /root]# vgdisplay -v test12 vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name test12 VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 200 MB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 50 Alloc PE / Size 25 / 100 MB Free PE / Size 25 / 100 MB VG UUID uTF83w-IRzJ-Gjl7-HlXB-lA4r-6jsU-LMpt6N --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/test12/vol1 VG Name test12 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 1 LV Size 100 MB Current LE 25 Allocated LE 25 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 120 Block device 58:1 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name (#) /dev/hdf1 (1) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 25 / 0 PV Name (#) /dev/hdf2 (2) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 25 / 25 ######## So this looks good, now I want to remove /dev/hdf1 ######## [root@localhost /root]# pvmove /dev/hdf1 pvmove pvmove -- moving physical extents in active volume group "test12" pvmove -- WARNING: if you lose power during the move you may need to restore your LVM metadata from backup! pvmove -- do you want to continue? [y/n] y pvmove -- ERROR writing output physical volume "/dev/hdf2" (still 65536 bytes to write) pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): writing output PE" pv_move_pe pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): writing output PE" moving physical extents [root@localhost /root]# vgdisplay -v test12 vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name test12 VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 200 MB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 50 Alloc PE / Size 25 / 100 MB Free PE / Size 25 / 100 MB VG UUID uTF83w-IRzJ-Gjl7-HlXB-lA4r-6jsU-LMpt6N --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/test12/vol1 VG Name test12 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 1 LV Size 100 MB Current LE 25 Allocated LE 25 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 120 Block device 58:1 --- Physical volumes --- PV Name (#) /dev/hdf1 (1) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 25 / 24 PV Name (#) /dev/hdf2 (2) PV Status available / allocatable Total PE / Free PE 25 / 1 ######## Whatever I do, I can't seem to get rid of that last block on /dev/hdf1 !! _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html