.SH EXAMPLES

Move all physical extents that are used by simple LVs on the specified PV to
free physical extents elsewhere in the VG.
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.B pvmove /dev/sdb1

Use a specific destination PV when moving physical extents.
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.B pvmove /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1

Move extents belonging to a single LV.
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.B pvmove \-n lvol1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1

Rather than moving the contents of an entire device, it is possible to
move a range of physical extents, for example numbers 1000 to 1999
inclusive on the specified PV.
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.B pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000\-1999

A range of physical extents to move can be specified as start+length. For
example, starting from PE 1000. (Counting starts from 0, so this refers to the
1001st to the 2000th PE inclusive.)
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.B pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000+1000

Move a range of physical extents to a specific PV (which must have
sufficient free extents).
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.B pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000\-1999 /dev/sdc1

Move a range of physical extents to specific new extents on a new PV.
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.B pvmove /dev/sdb1:1000\-1999 /dev/sdc1:0\-999

If the source and destination are on the same disk, the
\fBanywhere\fP allocation policy is needed.
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.B pvmove \-\-alloc anywhere /dev/sdb1:1000\-1999 /dev/sdb1:0\-999

The part of a specific LV present within in a range of physical
extents can also be picked out and moved.
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.B pvmove \-n lvol1 /dev/sdb1:1000\-1999 /dev/sdc1