Re: [linux-lvm] pv_move_pe() error again :/

["Ragnar Kjørstad" <lvm@ragnark.vestdata.no>]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 05:28:04PM +0200, FEJF wrote:
> hi,
> i search through the mailing list and found this question few times... and i 
> have also this problem atm and i didn't find a solution, i want to ask if 
> there is one now ? or perhaps will installing of lvm1.0.1-rc2 help (currently 
> using 0.9.1_beta7) ?
> 
> root@bolm:[/x] # pvmove /dev/hdh1
> pvmove -- moving physical extents in active volume group "vg01"
> 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 reading input physical volume "/dev/hdh1" (still 65536 bytes 
> to read)
> 
> pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" pv_move_pe
> 
> pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" moving physical extents

This could be because of a disk-error. Do you have io-errors in
/var/log/messages?

If so, you will have to modify pvmove to not give up after read-errors.

Maybe a '--ignore-read-errors' option should be added?


-- 
Ragnar Kjørstad
Big Storage