You can move all the used physical extents in /dev/sdc1
to /dev/sdb1
with the pvmove
command. The pvmove
command can take a long time to execute.
[root@tng3-1 ~]# pvmove /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdb1
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 14.7%
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 30.3%
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 45.7%
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 61.0%
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 76.6%
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 92.2%
/dev/sdc1: Moved: 100.0%
After moving the data, you can see that all of the space on /dev/sdc1
is free.
[root@tng3-1 ~]# pvscan
PV /dev/sda1 VG myvg lvm2 [17.15 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdb1 VG myvg lvm2 [17.15 GB / 10.80 GB free]
PV /dev/sdc1 VG myvg lvm2 [17.15 GB / 17.15 GB free]
Total: 3 [51.45 GB] / in use: 3 [51.45 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]