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6 pvremove - Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s)
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9 pvremove position_args
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13 pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recog‐
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16 A PV cannot be removed from a VG while it is used by an active LV.
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18 Repeat the force option (-ff) to forcibly remove a PV belonging to an
19 existing VG. Normally, vgreduce(8) should be used instead.
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22 pvremove PV ...
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25 [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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27 Common options for lvm:
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29 [ -h|--help ]
30 [ -q|--quiet ]
31 [ -t|--test ]
32 [ -v|--verbose ]
33 [ -y|--yes ]
34 [ --commandprofile String ]
35 [ --config String ]
36 [ --driverloaded y|n ]
37 [ --lockopt String ]
38 [ --longhelp ]
39 [ --nolocking ]
40 [ --profile String ]
41 [ --version ]
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44 --commandprofile String
45 The command profile to use for command configuration. See
46 lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
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48 --config String
49 Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
50 tings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
51 use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5) for more information
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54 -d|--debug ...
55 Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
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58 --driverloaded y|n
59 If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
60 For testing and debugging.
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62 -f|--force ...
63 Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use
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67 Display help text.
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69 --lockopt String
70 Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvm‐
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80 An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
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84 Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
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88 --reportformat basic|json
89 Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
90 globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf. basic
91 is the original format with columns and rows. If there is more
92 than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
93 report name for identification. json produces report output in
94 JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
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96 -t|--test
97 Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is
98 implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
99 returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
100 unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
101 relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
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105 Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
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108 --version
109 Display version information.
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112 Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
113 the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no,
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118 Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev. For commands
119 managing physical extents, a PV positional arg generally accepts
120 a suffix indicating a range (or multiple ranges) of physical
121 extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it defaults to the
122 start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults
123 to end. Start and end range (inclusive): PV[:PE-PE]... Start
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131 Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input
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133 talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. The default
134 input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT rep‐
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137 megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
138 e|E is exabytes. (This should not be confused with the output
139 control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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142 See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.
143 For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
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147 lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
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149 pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8)
150 pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
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152 vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgcon‐
153 vert(8) vgdisplay(8) vgexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimport‐
154 clone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
155 vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
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157 lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvre‐
158 duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
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160 lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
161 vate(8) lvmdump(8)
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163 dmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) cmirrord(8) lvmd‐
164 busd(8)
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166 lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)
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170Red Hat, Inc. LVM TOOLS 2.03.02(2)-RHEL8 (2019-01-04) PVREMOVE(8)