Re: pvmove thin volume doesn't move

On 19/11/2025 16:10, David Teigland wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 08:27:30AM -0500, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I've added a new (faster) disk to a VG and now want to move a thinly
>> provisioned LV to the new PV.  When I try it doesn't find any data to
>> move though:
>>
>> # pvmove -n /dev/rootvol_tmp/var /dev/sda7 /dev/sdc
>>    No data to move for rootvol_tmp.
> 
> Thanks for asking, one of the reasons we don't really have a plan for
> this, or other things, is that we just don't get users asking for much.

Just to chime in - I quietly read the docs and after some experimentation to 
confirm that this wasn't possible I, of course, reverted my approach to not use 
thin pools.

So please take this as another lonely user not actually thinking to come to the 
list and ask for this kind of functionality.

David

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