Hello All- I am running a test using lvm2, specifically using the pvmove command. What I've done is added drive sdb1 to my volume group vg_rh6 # vgextend vg_rh6 /dev/sdb1 No physical volume label read from /dev/sdb1 Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created Volume group "vg_rh6" successfully extended I then created a logical volume lv_datas # lvcreate -L 250m -n lv_datas vg_rh6 Rounding up size to full physical extent 252.00 MiB Logical volume "lv_datas" created I format my logical volume lv_datas # mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg_rh6/lv_datas And finally mount it # mount /dev/vg_rh6/lv_datas /mnt/lvdata/ I copy data over # cp -R /etc/sysconfig/ /mnt/lvdata/ I add a second drive to my volume group # vgextend vg_rh6 /dev/sdc1 No physical volume label read from /dev/sdc1 Physical volume "/dev/sdc1" successfully created Volume group "vg_rh6" successfully extended It shows up fine # pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/sda2 vg_rh6 lvm2 a- 15.51g 0 /dev/sdb1 vg_rh6 lvm2 a- 5.00g 4.75g /dev/sdc1 vg_rh6 lvm2 a- 4.00g 4.00g I create a new logical volume # lvcreate -L 300m -n lv_bkp vg_rh6 Logical volume "lv_bkp" created And this shows up fine also # lvs LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% Convert lv_bkp vg_rh6 -wi-a- 300.00m lv_datas vg_rh6 -wi-ao 252.00m lv_root vg_rh6 -wi-ao 11.54g lv_swap vg_rh6 -wi-ao 3.97g I don't know that this is a big deal, but I also format this new logical volume # mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg_rh6/lv_bkp mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) Then I finally initiate pvmove # pvmove /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdb1: Moved: 2.2% /dev/sdb1: Moved: 45.7% /dev/sdb1: Moved: 100.0% Once it finishes I check the original physical volume and it says that it is empty. # pvdisplay /dev/sdb1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdb1 VG Name vg_rh6 PV Size 5.00 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 1279 Free PE 1279 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID KqVMC0-cH8N-P0II-I27C-HFXF-sZIZ-o0LQUl The second physical volume shows to have data. # pvdisplay /dev/sdc1 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdc1 VG Name vg_rh6 PV Size 4.00 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 1023 Free PE 885 Allocated PE 138 PV UUID i11arc-VXrl-e72V-9N9c-H2fw-laTC-HFM0Pw Ok, here is my issue. What step do I take next to access the newly moved data on /dev/sdc1? I've tried mounting the logical volume that I created previously (lv_bkp) to my system and although pvdisplay shows that I got data on /dev/sdc1, I don't know what I need to do to access it? There has to be a missing step or something I'm doing wrong? Help is greatly appreciated. David- ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.