From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx15.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.20]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1MH8fxU024042 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:08:41 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com (mail-pb0-f46.google.com [209.85.160.46]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s1MH8e3J001546 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:08:40 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f46.google.com with SMTP id um1so4732201pbc.5 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:08:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (99-121-56-32.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [99.121.56.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id e3sm32972634pbc.17.2014.02.22.09.08.38 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:08:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:08:37 -0800 From: Julie Ashworth Message-ID: <20140222170837.GA11301@localhost.localdomain> References: <20140222071408.GA10598@localhost.localdomain> <53087DDD.7010406@ankh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53087DDD.7010406@ankh.org> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LV mirror extents on same physical device Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: LVM general discussion and development On 22-02-2014 10.37 +0000, James Hawtin wrote: > #pvcreate /dev/md2 > #vgextend VolGroup00 /dev/md2 > # Stop the old pv getting lvs created on it > pvchange -x n /dev/md1 > # Whole thing in one go > pvmove -v /dev/md1 /dev/md2 > # One at a time > pvmove -v -n rootlv /dev/md1 /dev/md2 > vgreduce VolGroup00 /dev/md2 > ---end quoted text--- My LVs are already mirrored (w/ two extents on /dev/md1), so is pvmove really the right tool to move one of those extents? best, Julie