pvmove problems

[HP-UX Enthusiast]

Hi all
I am attempting to pvmove data from one set of 10 PVs to another set of 10. The LVs are striped across all 10 PVs. However when I attempt to move from one PV to another the following error is displayed:

Operation cannot be performed because some of the data on the physical volume
is striped and striped mirroring is not supported. To enable data transfer for
a physical volume through mirroring/reduction, do not specify the striping
options (-i, -I) when creating logical volumes on that physical volume.

I have read about turning off distributed allocation policy and strict allocation policy before doing this. This does not help. lvchange -D n works fine however lvchange -s n comes back with an error saying only strict allocation is allowed for striped logical volumes.

Can anyone help me on what I need to do to get pvmove to work in this situation?

Thanks

[Dietmar Konermann · Accepted solution]

Sorry, no way. The pvmove command uses mirroring to perform its task. This does NOT work with striped volumes.

Best regards...
Dietmar.

[HP-UX Enthusiast]

Yeah, I'm going to have to create a new VG and use dd.