Why does the command 'pvmove' fails with the error 'Insufficient suitable contiguous allocatable extents for logical volume' ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • 'pvmove' fails with the following error :

    # pvmove -v /dev/sdc1 
Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices 
Finding volume group "vg02" 
Archiving volume group "vg02" metadata (seqno 8). 
Creating logical volume pvmove0 
Insufficient suitable contiguous allocatable extents for logical volume pvmove0: 125000 more required 
Unable to allocate temporary LV for pvmove.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

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