1LVREMOVE(8) System Manager's Manual LVREMOVE(8)
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6 lvremove - Remove logical volume(s) from the system
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9 lvremove position_args
10 [ option_args ]
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13 lvremove removes one or more LVs. For standard LVs, this returns the
14 logical extents that were used by the LV to the VG for use by other
15 LVs.
16 Confirmation will be requested before deactivating any active LV prior
18 to removal. LVs cannot be deactivated or removed while they are open
19 (e.g. if they contain a mounted filesystem). Removing an origin LV
20 will also remove all dependent snapshots.
21 When a single force option is used, LVs are removed without confirma‐
23 tion, and the command will try to deactivate unused LVs.
24 To remove damaged LVs, two force options may be required (-ff).
26 Historical LVs
28 If the configuration setting metadata/record_lvs_history is enabled and
30 the LV being removed forms part of the history of at least one LV that
31 is still present, then a simplified representation of the LV will be
32 retained. This includes the time of removal (lv_time_removed reporting
33 field), creation time (lv_time), name (lv_name), LV uuid (lv_uuid) and
34 VG name (vg_name). This allows later reporting to see the ancestry
35 chain of thin snapshot volumes, even after some intermediate LVs have
36 been removed. The names of such historical LVs acquire a hyphen as a
37 prefix (e.g. '-lvol1') and cannot be reactivated. Use lvremove a sec‐
38 ond time, with the hyphen, to remove the record of the former LV com‐
39 pletely.
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42 lvremove VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
43 [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
44 [ -f|--force ]
45 [ -S|--select String ]
46 [ --nohistory ]
47 [ --noudevsync ]
48 [ --reportformat basic|json ]
49 [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
50 Common options for lvm:
52 [ -d|--debug ]
53 [ -h|--help ]
54 [ -q|--quiet ]
55 [ -t|--test ]
56 [ -v|--verbose ]
57 [ -y|--yes ]
58 [ --commandprofile String ]
59 [ --config String ]
60 [ --driverloaded y|n ]
61 [ --lockopt String ]
62 [ --longhelp ]
63 [ --profile String ]
64 [ --version ]
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67 -A|--autobackup y|n
68 Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a
69 change. Enabling this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8)
70 for more information.
71 --commandprofile String
73 The command profile to use for command configuration. See
74 lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
75 --config String
77 Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
78 tings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
79 use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5) for more information
80 about config.
81 -d|--debug ...
83 Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
84 of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
85 --driverloaded y|n
87 If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
88 For testing and debugging.
89 -f|--force ...
91 Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use
92 with extreme caution.
93 -h|--help
95 Display help text.
96 --lockopt String
98 Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvm‐
99 lockd(8) for more information.
100 --longhelp
102 Display long help text.
103 --nohistory
105 Do not record history of LVs being removed. This has no effect
106 unless the configuration setting metadata/record_lvs_history is
107 enabled.
108 --noudevsync
110 Disables udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for
111 notification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any
112 possible udev processing in the background. Only use this if
113 udev is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM
114 creates.
115 --profile String
117 An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
118 the command.
119 -q|--quiet ...
121 Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
122 bose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
123 'no'.
124 --reportformat basic|json
126 Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
127 globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf. basic
128 is the original format with columns and rows. If there is more
129 than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
130 report name for identification. json produces report output in
131 JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
132 -S|--select String
134 Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified
135 criteria. The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
136 lvmreport(7). For reporting commands, one row is displayed for
137 each object matching the criteria. See --options help for
138 selectable object fields. Rows can be displayed with an addi‐
139 tional "selected" field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row
140 matches the selection and 0 otherwise. For non-reporting com‐
141 mands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to
142 choose items to process.
143 -t|--test
145 Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is
146 implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
147 returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
148 unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
149 relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
150 hasn't.
151 -v|--verbose ...
153 Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
154 detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
155 --version
157 Display version information.
158 -y|--yes
160 Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
161 the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no,
162 see -qq.)
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165 VG
166 Volume Group name. See lvm(8) for valid names.
167 LV
169 Logical Volume name. See lvm(8) for valid names. An LV posi‐
170 tional arg generally includes the VG name and LV name, e.g.
171 VG/LV.
172 Tag
174 Tag name. See lvm(8) for information about tag names and using
175 tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
176 Select
178 Select indicates that a required positional parameter can be
179 omitted if the --select option is used. No arg appears in this
180 position.
181 String
183 See the option description for information about the string con‐
184 tent.
185 Size[UNIT]
187 Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input
188 units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
189 talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. The default
190 input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT rep‐
191 resents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE. b|B is
192 bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is
193 megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
194 e|E is exabytes. (This should not be confused with the output
195 control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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198 See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.
199 For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
200 parameter.
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203 Remove an active LV without asking for confirmation.
204 lvremove -f vg00/lvol1
205 Remove all LVs the specified VG.
207 lvremove vg00
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210 lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
211 pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8)
213 pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
214 vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgcon‐
216 vert(8) vgdisplay(8) vgexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimport‐
217 clone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
218 vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
219 lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvre‐
221 duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
222 lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
224 vate(8) lvmdump(8)
225 dmeventd(8) lvmetad(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) clvmd(8)
227 cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)
228 lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)
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