Comment 0 for bug 591475

Binary package hint: lvm2

lvm2 2.02.39-0ubuntu11 on Lucid. pvmove sometimes issues a spurious error message at the end of a successful move. To wit:

# pvmove -i 60 -v /dev/sde1
    Finding volume group "homedirs"
    Archiving volume group "homedirs" metadata (seqno 17).
    Creating logical volume pvmove0
    Moving 25599 extents of logical volume homedirs/homedirs_lv
    Found volume group "homedirs"
    Updating volume group metadata
    Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/homedirs" (seqno 18).
    Found volume group "homedirs"
    Found volume group "homedirs"
    Suspending homedirs-homedirs_lv (254:1) with device flush
    Found volume group "homedirs"
    Creating homedirs-pvmove0
    Loading homedirs-pvmove0 table
    Resuming homedirs-pvmove0 (254:2)
    Found volume group "homedirs"
    Loading homedirs-pvmove0 table
    Suppressed homedirs-pvmove0 identical table reload.
    Loading homedirs-homedirs_lv table
    Resuming homedirs-homedirs_lv (254:1)
    Checking progress every 60 seconds
  /dev/sde1: Moved: 1.4%
[... time passes ...]
  /dev/sde1: Moved: 99.6%
  ABORTING: Can't find mirror LV in homedirs for /dev/sde1
# pvs
  PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
  /dev/sdb1 lvm2 -- 100.00G 100.00G
  /dev/sdc1 lvm2 -- 100.00G 100.00G
  /dev/sdd1 lvm2 -- 100.00G 100.00G
  /dev/sde1 homedirs lvm2 a- 100.00G 100.00G
  /dev/sdf1 homedirs lvm2 a- 100.00G 0
  /dev/sdq1 homedirs lvm2 a- 499.99G 100.01G
# vgreduce -a homedirs
  Removed "/dev/sde1" from volume group "homedirs"
  Physical volume "/dev/sdf1" still in use
  Physical volume "/dev/sdq1" still in use

Despite the scary-looking abort message, the source PV is 100% free and can be removed from the VG.