Hi, I'm getting errors from pvmove, similar to a problem reported in December ( http://lists.sistina.com/pipermail/linux-lvm/2002-December/012973.html), though I'm not sure if it's exactly the same. Here's the relevant pvmove output: # pvmove -v -n /dev/backups2/rje /dev/sdd1 /dev/sda6 ... pvmove -- starting to move linear logical volume "/dev/backups2/rje" pvmove -- checking for enough free physical extents in "backups2" pvmove -- /dev/sdd1 [PE 0 [rje [LE 0]] -> /dev/sda6 [PE 2542] [1/6400] /dev/backups2/group::/dev/backups2/rje: 0831 65920, 0806 166658560 pvmove -- ERROR "Invalid argument" copying extent from "/dev/sdd1" pvmove -- ERROR "Invalid argument" remapping pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move(): LE of LV remap" moving physical extents I believe this is telling me that pvmove is having a problem copying PE 0 on /dev/sdd1 to PE 2542 on /dev/sda6.... Yet lvdisplay indicates that LE 0 is already on /dev/sda6, PE 02542 -- if I understand it correctly: # lvdisplay -v /dev/backups2/rje |head -25 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/backups2/rje VG Name backups2 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 1 # open 1 LV Size 200 GB Current LE 6400 Allocated LE 6400 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 1024 Block device 58:2 --- Distribution of logical volume on 1 physical volume --- PV Name PE on PV reads writes /dev/sdd1 6400 1849755 26252516 --- logical volume i/o statistic --- 1849755 reads 26252516 writes --- Logical extents --- LE PV PE reads writes 00000 /dev/sda6 02542 904 527167 00001 /dev/sda6 02543 217 36574 pvdisplay confirms that PE 0 on /dev/sdd1 is free, and LE 0 is already on /dev/sda6, PE 2542: # pvdisplay -v /dev/sdd1|head -25 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdd1 VG Name backups2 PV Size 279.47 GB [586099332 secs] / NOT usable 32.19 MB [LVM: 162 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 8942 Free PE 2568 Allocated PE 6374 PV UUID joJY49-jRXo-3CYM-rL3Q-qy16-CA6g-0AX9tY --- Distribution of physical volume --- LV Name LE of LV PE for LV /dev/backups2/rje 6400 6374 --- Physical extents --- PE LV LE Disk sector 00000 free ..... 00025 free 00026 /dev/backups2/rje 00026 1769856 00027 /dev/backups2/rje 00027 1835392 # pvdisplay -v /dev/sda6 ... 02542 /dev/backups2/rje 00000 166658560 02543 /dev/backups2/rje 00001 166724096 02544 /dev/backups2/rje 00002 166789632 02545 /dev/backups2/rje 00003 166855168 02546 /dev/backups2/rje 00004 166920704 ... Am I reading this correctly? Any ideas what the problem is, or how to fix it? I've been moving several LVs from /dev/sdd1 to /dev/sda6; all completed successfully. This, the last one, is giving me an error. Thanks in advance for any help....! Carey Jung _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
