On 23-02-2014 20.59 -0500, John Stoffel wrote: > > I think the problem is that you're confusing the Mirroring done at the > MD level, which is /dev/md#, and then the mirroring at the LVM level, > which is stacked on top of MD. So there's no need to mirror at both > levels. But let's double check your setup, so can you please reply > with the output of the following commands: I'm not confused about mdadm vs. LVM mirror. I regret mentioning mdadm, since it seems to be confusing everyone. I should have only asked why the lvconvert command produced extents on the same physical device. At this point, I will just go ahead and test if lvconvert -m0 /dev/VolGroup00/rootlv /dev/md1 will produce a functional linear volume on /dev/md2 best, Julie _______________________________________________ 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/