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Clone an LVM based KVM based Virtual Machine ;-)

I recently opted to use a volume for my VM (instead of creating a file). RHEVM01 is the "source" and RHUTIL01 is the destination.  I am also cloning from my vg_blackmesa to vg_apps.  One thing I would like to figure out is how to monitor the progress. root@blackmesa ~]# lvdisplay /dev/mapper/vg_blackmesa-VM_RHEVM01   --- Logical volume ---   LV Path                /dev/vg_blackmesa/VM_RHEVM01   LV Name                VM_RHEVM01   VG Name                vg_blackmesa   LV UUID                zx4BLV-Athf-Ymcd-ox4h-965J-uo30-Aey9dJ   LV Write Access        read/write   LV Creation host, time blackmesa.area51.private, 2012-06-22 00:12:02 -0500   LV Status              available   # open       ...