pvmove should work OK, but with a large amount of data you might consider dividing it into several smaller pvmove commands with the range syntax SourcePhysicalVolume[:PE[-PE]... /dev/xda:0-100000 to give you more checkpoints along the way. Alasdair _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/