[linux-lvm] pvmove unable to move extents to multiple smaller pvs

[Scott Serr]

Oh man, thanks.  I did many many searches, but not on the list specifically.

Thanks, I'll read and try it!
Scott

Clint Byrum wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 13:02, Scott Serr wrote:
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>>Some more information that may be of use:
>>kernel 2.4.26 (vanilla) on gentoo on a P4 HT and SMP is enabled
>>lvm 2.00.08
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>>It seems that everytime I do a "pvmove" it would be hard to always go to 
>>a contiguous pv the same size or bigger.  This is why I wonder if I'm 
>>doing something wrong.
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>Scott, I think this was just discussed on the list last week. What you
>need to do is pvmove in smaller chunks. pvmove only sees the first
>available block of PE's.
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>So
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>pvmove /dev/diskdev:1-11194
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>Or something like that. Check the list archives from 2 or 3 days ago.
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>>Thanks again [to anyone out there],
>>Scott Serr
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>>Scott Serr wrote:
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>>>I'm trying to use pvmove to shuffle things around.  I have a pv with 
>>>22375 extents which I would like to remove from the system.  I've 
>>>added two (2) pvs with 11194 extents each.  I get an error message:
>>>
>>>Insufficient contiguous allocatable extents (11194) for logical volume 
>>>pvmove0: 22375 required
>>>Allocation for temporary pvmove LV
>>>
>>>Now before you say, don't make it contiguous... It seems that it isn't 
>>>already.
>>>
>>># lvchange --contiguous n /dev/data_vg/data_lv
>>>Allocation policy of logical volume "data_lv" is already not contiguous
>>>
>>>Is this normal?  Do I really need all that contiguous space on 1 pv?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>Scott Serr
>>>
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