Problems with pvmove

I've followed the discussion started by „fejf“.

Indeed i have the same problem that pvmove exits with an error when i try to
move PEs from one PV to another.

To exclude the possibility of a defect HD i tried to reproduce the error on several
independent systems.

The error always occurs when i try to move a complete filled PV to another. In this case all but the last
PE on this PV are moved. The last one isn't movable whatever i did.

If the PV wasn't filled at 100% everything goes fine.

To reproduce the error try the following:

- create a VG with three Pvs at the same size
- create a LV which covers the first PV completely and the second partly
- try to all PEs from the first PV to the third - the error will occur
- move the moved PEs back to the first PV - everything goes fine
- try to move the PEs lying on the second PV to the third - everything goes fine

...any ideas?

Andreas...

Andreas,

could you provide a "pvdisplay -v | tail -22" output of the PV in question in order to check if you suffer from a misalocation problem which would lead to a last PE being allocated partially beyond the end of the underlying devive.

Regards,
Heinz -- The LVM Guy --

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