[linux-lvm] PV-Move fails, not able to clear the last PE from a disk..

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:50:19AM +0100, Denie Andriessen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Could it be the:  "known misalignment issue we had in the 0.9.1 Beta series"
> (after reading through lots of messages)
> https://mail.sistina.com/pipermail/linux-lvm/2002-February/010724.html

Yes, that's my guess.

> 
> Is an upgrade 'dangerous' ? (risk of loosing data)

Well, the way to go is:

- pvmove /dev/hdf2 # move your data back to /dev/hdf1
- vgreduce test12 /dev/hdf2
- update to LVM 1.0.3 (or wait for 1.0.4 which will be released soon)
- pvcreate /dev/hdf2
- vgextend test12 /dev/hdf2
- pvmove /dev/hdf1

> 
> Cheers,
> Denie
> 
> 
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