PVREMOVE

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2)-RHEL6 (2012-10-16)
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NAME

pvremove - remove a physical volume  

SYNOPSIS

pvremove [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [-f[f]|--force [--force]] [-y|--yes] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]  

DESCRIPTION

pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recognise it as a physical volume.  

OPTIONS

See lvm(8) for common options.
-ff, --force --force
Force the removal of a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group. Normally vgreduce(8) should be used instead of this command. You cannot remove a physical volume which in use by some active logical volume.
-y, --yes
Answer yes to all questions.
 

SEE ALSO

lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), vgreduce(8)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO

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