PVMOVE(8) System Manager's Manual PVMOVE(8) (NAME) pvmove - (SYNOPSIS) pvmove position_args [ option_args ] [ position_args ] (DESCRIPTION) pvmove (PE) PV PV . LV LV ( ) PV . PV VG . pvmove ( ) pvmove PV (checkpoint) . abort . LV atomic . PV pvmove pvmove LV . (USAGE) PV. pvmove PV [ -A|--autobackup y|n ] [ -n|--name String ] [ --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit ] [ --atomic ] [ --noudevsync ] [ --reportformat basic|json|json_std ] [ COMMON_OPTIONS ] [ PV ... ] -- pvmove. pvmove [ COMMON_OPTIONS ] -- : [ -b|--background ] [ -i|--interval [+]Number ] [ --abort ] lvm: [ -d|--debug ... ] [ -h|--help ] [ -q|--quiet ... ] [ -t|--test ] [ -v|--verbose ... ] [ -y|--yes ] [ --commandprofile String ] [ --config String ] [ --devices PV ] [ --devicesfile String ] [ --driverloaded y|n ] [ --journal String ] [ --lockopt String ] [ --longhelp ] [ --nohints ] [ --nolocking ] [ --profile String ] [ --version ] (OPTIONS) --abort pvmove . pvmove --atomic LV PV . (segments) PV PV . --alloc contiguous|cling|cling_by_tags|normal|anywhere|inherit (PE) VG . VG LV vgchange/lvchange (override ). normal (stripes) PV. inherit VG LV . contiguous PE PE . cling PV PE (stripe) LV . PE normal anywhere PV. PV PV . lvm(8) . --atomic pvmove ( ) LV PV . -A|--autobackup y|n . ! vgcfgbackup(8) . -b|--background (polling) . --commandprofile String . lvm.conf(5) . --config String . lvm.conf(5) . String lvm.conf(5) / . lvm.conf(5) . -d|--debug ... (). / syslog ( ) . --devices PV . . . . --devicesfile String LVM . /etc/lvm/devices/ lvmdevices(8) . devices/devicesfile devices/use_devicesfile lvm.conf(5) . --driverloaded y|n no device-mapper . . -h|--help . -i|--interval [+]Number . '+' . --journal String systemd. log/journal lvm.conf . command: . output: . debug: . --lockopt String lvmlockd . lvmlockd(8) . --longhelp . -n|--name String LV . --nohints (hints) PV. hints PV . . --nolocking . . --noudevsync udev. udev udev . udev LVM . --profile String --commandprofile --metadataprofile . -q|--quiet ... . --debug --verbose . 'no' . --reportformat basic|json|json_std report/output_format lvm.conf(5) . basic . . json JSON . json_std JSON JSON . lvmreport(7) . -t|--test . . . . -v|--verbose ... (verbosity). stdout stderr . --version . -y|--yes (yes). . ( -qq .) (VARIABLES) PV /dev. PV ( ) (PE) . PE PE . ( ): PV[:PE-PE] ... ( ): PV[:PE+PE] ... String . Size[UNIT] (Size) . 'k' 'K' . |UNIT . UNIT : b|B s|S k|K (KiB) m|M (MiB) g|G (GiB) t|T (TiB) p|P (PiB) e|E (EiB). ( --units .) (ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES) lvm lvm(8) . LVM_VG_NAME VG . (NOTES) pvmove : . LV 'pvmove' . . LV VG . LV pvmove . (mirror) . LV pvmove . . VG . . LV pvmove . . . . (in sync) (checkpoint) VG . LV pvmove . . LV VG . LVM1 . vgconvert(8) . pvmove LV . ( ) pvmove . . allocation/pvmove_max_segment_size_mb lvm.conf(5) . pvmove ( MiB) . . 10240 10 GiB . 0 - . --atomic . LV 'pvmove' . LV LV . LV LV . LV PV . LV PV . (EXAMPLES) LV PV VG: pvmove /dev/sdb1 PV : pvmove /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 LV : pvmove -n lvol1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 ( ) PV : pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000-1999 + PE ( ): pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000+1000 PV ( ): pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000-1999 /dev/sdc1 PV : pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000-1999 /dev/sdc1:0-999 anywhere : pvmove --alloc anywhere /dev/sdb1:1000-1999 /dev/sdb1:0-999 LV : pvmove -n lvol1 /dev/sdb1:1000-1999 /dev/sdc1 (SEE ALSO) lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8), pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8), pvscan(8), vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8), vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8), vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8), vgsplit(8), lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8), lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8), lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8), dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8), lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmcache(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmvdo(7), lvmautoactivation(7) Red Hat, Inc. LVM TOOLS 2.03.42(2) (2026-08-06) PVMOVE(8)