As you can see below, that /dev/hdb7 acquires all the PE's (which in this case is the whole operating system). Each other physical volumes physical extents that are free (none are used) equals to the total of pe's used in /dev/hdb7 30515 - 21043 = 9472. I am using pvmove -v --alloc anywhere /dev/hdb7 to move all the physical extents off /dev/hdb7 to the other physical volumes. That being said, it just leaves this hanging --- Physical volumes --- PV Name /dev/hdb1 PV UUID DpcxQi-9qHf-pITK-deQ2-zbW7-8ywG-rGp7W6 PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 2386 / 2386 PV Name /dev/hdb2 PV UUID keQJS3-rbDe-kXZf-n17o-EZ5n-2Bs8-CKrPYr PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 1194 / 1194 PV Name /dev/hdb3 PV UUID x6Vl7h-yhFr-fSE6-eaqK-EUvX-Bvcp-uOix7r PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 1194 / 1194 PV Name /dev/hdb5 PV UUID rbHmg7-3AXC-nH4V-hfO2-mzG9-7E73-m50ndq PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 2386 / 2386 PV Name /dev/hdb6 PV UUID IZAIeb-prQl-g3Ff-qoDD-sQti-t8di-AnoVCi PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 478 / 478 PV Name /dev/hdb7 PV UUID QWybhr-RRBj-0Xks-LZqp-c7oC-MfC0-DZvDXH PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 30515 / 21043 PV Name /dev/hda9 PV UUID bDkGUr-0rL8-srcF-RhIg-xrw2-byjS-CKDRkJ PV Status allocatable Total PE / Free PE 2433 / 2433 tuxie var # pvmove -v --alloc anywhere /dev/hdb7 Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices Finding volume group "myvg" Archiving volume group "myvg" metadata (seqno 33). Creating logical volume pvmove0 Moving 2560 extents of logical volume myvg/usr Moving 2560 extents of logical volume myvg/home Moving 1280 extents of logical volume myvg/opt Moving 2560 extents of logical volume myvg/var Moving 512 extents of logical volume myvg/tmp Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Updating volume group metadata Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/myvg" (seqno 34). Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-usr (254:0) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-home (254:1) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-opt (254:2) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-var (254:3) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-tmp (254:4) Found volume group "myvg" Creating myvg-pvmove0 Loading myvg-pvmove0 table Resuming myvg-pvmove0 (254:5) Found volume group "myvg" Loading myvg-pvmove0 table Suppressed myvg-pvmove0 identical table reload. Loading myvg-usr table Resuming myvg-usr (254:0) Found volume group "myvg" Loading myvg-pvmove0 table Suppressed myvg-pvmove0 identical table reload. Loading myvg-home table Resuming myvg-home (254:1) Found volume group "myvg" Loading myvg-pvmove0 table Suppressed myvg-pvmove0 identical table reload. Loading myvg-opt table Resuming myvg-opt (254:2) Found volume group "myvg" Loading myvg-pvmove0 table Suppressed myvg-pvmove0 identical table reload. Loading myvg-var table Resuming myvg-var (254:3) Found volume group "myvg" Loading myvg-pvmove0 table Suppressed myvg-pvmove0 identical table reload. Loading myvg-tmp table Resuming myvg-tmp (254:4) Checking progress every 15 seconds /dev/hdb7: Moved: 0.4% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 0.9% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 1.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 1.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 2.2% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 2.6% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 3.0% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 3.4% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 3.9% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 4.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 4.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 5.2% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 5.6% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 6.0% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 6.5% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 6.9% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 7.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 7.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 8.2% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 8.6% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 9.0% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 9.4% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 9.8% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 10.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 10.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 11.1% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 11.5% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 12.0% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 12.4% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 12.8% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 13.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 13.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 14.1% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 14.6% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 15.0% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 15.4% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 15.9% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 16.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 16.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 17.2% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 17.6% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 18.0% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 18.4% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 18.9% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 19.3% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 19.7% /dev/hdb7: Moved: 20.2% Updating volume group metadata Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/myvg" (seqno 35). Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-usr (254:0) Suspending myvg-pvmove0 (254:5) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-home (254:1) Suspending myvg-pvmove0 (254:5) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-opt (254:2) Suspending myvg-pvmove0 (254:5) Found volume group "myvg" Found volume group "myvg" Suspending myvg-var (254:3)