[linux-lvm] error moving last PE away

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

Christian,

you are probably suffering from a misalignment bug introduced in the LVM
0.9.1 Beta series :-(

Send "pvdisplay -v /dev/hda10" output to me (mge at sistina.com) to
check this.

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:08:09PM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote:
> Hi
> 
> # pvmove   -v   /dev/hda10  /dev/hda8
> ...
> pvmove -- /dev/hda10 [PE 999 [lvol5 [LE 1365]] -> /dev/hda8 [PE 560] [1/1]
> pvmove -- ERROR reading input physical volume "/dev/hda10" (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
> 
> I wanted to release this partition from the LVM to use it with another OS.
> The error once occured in June 2001 but I couldn't find a solution in the
> archives.
> 
> Any ideas? More infos below.
> 
> bye,
> 
> -christian-
> 
> # uname -a
> Linux app109 2.4.18-pre6 #7 Mit Jan 23 00:32:29 CET 2002 i686 unknown
> 
> # pvmove --version
> pvmove: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.1
> Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software  26/11/2001 (IOP 10)
> 
> #  pvmove  -d -v   /dev/hda10  /dev/hda9
> ...
> <333> pe_lock_internal -- CALLED for vg0
> <4444> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: vg0
> <55555> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "vg0"
> <55555> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <4444> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <333> pe_lock_internal -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> <22> pv_move_pe -- LEAVING with ret: -253
> <22> lvm_error -- CALLED with: -253
> <22> lvm_error -- LEAVING with: "pv_move_pe(): read input PV"
> pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" pv_move_pe
> 
> <1> pv_move_pes -- LEAVING with ret: -253
> <1> lvm_error -- CALLED with: -253
> <1> lvm_error -- LEAVING with: "pv_move_pe(): read input PV"
> pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" moving physical extents
> 
> <1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED
> <1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: 0
> 
> # vgdisplay -v
> --- Volume group ---
> VG Name               vg0
> VG Access             read/write
> VG Status             available/resizable
> VG #                  0
> MAX LV                256
> Cur LV                4
> Open LV               4
> MAX LV Size           255.99 GB
> Max PV                256
> Cur PV                5
> Act PV                5
> VG Size               19.53 GB
> PE Size               4.00 MB
> Total PE              5000
> Alloc PE / Size       2610 / 10.20 GB
> Free  PE / Size       2390 / 9.34 GB
> VG UUID               LuuTlh-HESy-ugJF-nxye-TC8f-MAe6-aIvT84
> 
> ...
> 
> --- Physical volumes ---
> PV Name (#)           /dev/hda6 (1)
> PV Status             available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE    1000 / 0
> 
> PV Name (#)           /dev/hda7 (2)
> PV Status             available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE    1000 / 1
> 
> PV Name (#)           /dev/hda8 (3)
> PV Status             available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE    1000 / 440
> 
> PV Name (#)           /dev/hda9 (4)
> PV Status             available / allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE    1000 / 950
> 
> PV Name (#)           /dev/hda10 (5)
> PV Status             available / NOT allocatable
> Total PE / Free PE    1000 / 999
> 
> 
> 
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