Why do I get errors when trying to pvmove a Physical Volume that contains a mirror log?

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Issue

When trying to execute pvmove on a Physical Volume that contains LV mirror, the error message All data on source PV skipped. It contains locked, hidden, or non-top level LVs only.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Logical Volume with mirroring

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