vgremove(8)

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NAME

6       vgremove - Remove volume group(s)
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SYNOPSIS

9       vgremove position_args
10           [ option_args ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       vgremove  removes  one or more VGs. If LVs exist in the VG, a prompt is
14       used to confirm LV removal.
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16       If one or more PVs in the VG are lost, consider vgreduce  --removemiss‐
17       ing to make the VG metadata consistent again.
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19       Repeat  the force option (-ff) to forcibly remove LVs in the VG without
20       confirmation.
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USAGE

23       vgremove VG|Tag|Select ...
24           [ -f|--force ]
25           [ -S|--select String ]
26           [    --noudevsync ]
27           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
28           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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30       Common options for lvm:
31           [ -d|--debug ]
32           [ -h|--help ]
33           [ -q|--quiet ]
34           [ -t|--test ]
35           [ -v|--verbose ]
36           [ -y|--yes ]
37           [    --commandprofile String ]
38           [    --config String ]
39           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
40           [    --lockopt String ]
41           [    --longhelp ]
42           [    --nolocking ]
43           [    --profile String ]
44           [    --version ]
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OPTIONS

47       --commandprofile String
48              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See
49              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
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51       --config String
52              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
53              tings.  The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
54              use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more information
55              about config.
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57       -d|--debug ...
58              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
59              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
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61       --driverloaded y|n
62              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
63              For testing and debugging.
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65       -f|--force ...
66              Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use
67              with extreme caution.
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69       -h|--help
70              Display help text.
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72       --lockopt String
73              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvm‐
74              lockd(8) for more information.
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76       --longhelp
77              Display long help text.
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79       --nolocking
80              Disable locking.
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82       --noudevsync
83              Disables udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for
84              notification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any
85              possible udev processing in the background. Only use this if
86              udev is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM
87              creates.
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89       --profile String
90              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
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93       -q|--quiet ...
94              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
95              bose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
96              'no'.
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98       --reportformat basic|json
99              Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
100              globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf.  basic
101              is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is more
102              than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
103              report name for identification. json produces report output in
104              JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
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106       -S|--select String
107              Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified
108              criteria.  The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
109              lvmreport(7).  For reporting commands, one row is displayed for
110              each object matching the criteria.  See --options help for
111              selectable object fields.  Rows can be displayed with an addi‐
112              tional "selected" field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row
113              matches the selection and 0 otherwise.  For non-reporting com‐
114              mands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to
115              choose items to process.
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117       -t|--test
118              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is
119              implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
120              returning success to the calling function. This may lead to
121              unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool
122              relies on reading back metadata it believes has changed but
123              hasn't.
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125       -v|--verbose ...
126              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the
127              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
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129       --version
130              Display version information.
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132       -y|--yes
133              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
134              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
135              see -qq.)
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VARIABLES

138       VG
139              Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
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141       Tag
142              Tag name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and  using
143              tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
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145       Select
146              Select  indicates  that  a  required positional parameter can be
147              omitted if the --select option is used.  No arg appears in  this
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150       String
151              See the option description for information about the string con‐
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154       Size[UNIT]
155              Size is an input number that accepts an  optional  unit.   Input
156              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
157              talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to  1024.   The  default
158              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
159              resents other possible input units:  bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.   b|B  is
160              bytes,  s|S  is  sectors  of 512 bytes, k|K is kilobytes, m|M is
161              megabytes, g|G is gigabytes, t|T is terabytes, p|P is petabytes,
162              e|E  is  exabytes.  (This should not be confused with the output
163              control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

166       See lvm(8) for information about environment  variables  used  by  lvm.
167       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
168       parameter.
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