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 [ --nolocking ]
64 [ --profile String ]
65 [ --version ]
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68 -A|--autobackup y|n
69 Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a
70 change. Enabling this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8)
71 for more information.
72 --commandprofile String
74 The command profile to use for command configuration. See
75 lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
76 --config String
78 Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf set‐
79 tings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may
80 use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5) for more information
81 about config.
82 -d|--debug ...
84 Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
85 of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
86 --driverloaded y|n
88 If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
89 For testing and debugging.
90 -f|--force ...
92 Override various checks, confirmations and protections. Use
93 with extreme caution.
94 -h|--help
96 Display help text.
97 --lockopt String
99 Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvm‐
100 lockd(8) for more information.
101 --longhelp
103 Display long help text.
104 --nohistory
106 Do not record history of LVs being removed. This has no effect
107 unless the configuration setting metadata/record_lvs_history is
108 enabled.
109 --nolocking
111 Disable locking.
112 --noudevsync
114 Disables udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for no‐
115 tification from udev. It will continue irrespective of any pos‐
116 sible udev processing in the background. Only use this if udev
117 is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM creates.
118 --profile String
120 An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
121 the command.
122 -q|--quiet ...
124 Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
125 bose. Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
126 'no'.
127 --reportformat basic|json
129 Overrides current output format for reports which is defined
130 globally by the report/output_format setting in lvm.conf. basic
131 is the original format with columns and rows. If there is more
132 than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
133 report name for identification. json produces report output in
134 JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
135 -S|--select String
137 Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified
138 criteria. The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
139 lvmreport(7). For reporting commands, one row is displayed for
140 each object matching the criteria. See --options help for se‐
141 lectable object fields. Rows can be displayed with an addi‐
142 tional "selected" field (-o selected) showing 1 if the row
143 matches the selection and 0 otherwise. For non-reporting com‐
144 mands which process LVM entities, the selection is used to
145 choose items to process.
146 -t|--test
148 Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is
149 implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
150 returning success to the calling function. This may lead to un‐
151 usual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies
152 on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.
153 -v|--verbose ...
155 Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the de‐
156 tail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
157 --version
159 Display version information.
160 -y|--yes
162 Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
163 the answer yes. Use with extreme caution. (For automatic no,
164 see -qq.)
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167 VG
168 Volume Group name. See lvm(8) for valid names.
169 LV
171 Logical Volume name. See lvm(8) for valid names. An LV posi‐
172 tional arg generally includes the VG name and LV name, e.g.
173 VG/LV.
174 Tag
176 Tag name. See lvm(8) for information about tag names and using
177 tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
178 Select
180 Select indicates that a required positional parameter can be
181 omitted if the --select option is used. No arg appears in this
182 position.
183 String
185 See the option description for information about the string con‐
186 tent.
187 Size[UNIT]
189 Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit. Input
190 units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
191 talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024. The default
192 input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT. UNIT rep‐
193 resents other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE. b|B is
194 bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G
195 is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB. (This should not be
196 confused with the output control --units, where capital letters
197 mean multiple of 1000.)
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200 See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.
201 For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
202 parameter.
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205 Remove an active LV without asking for confirmation.
206 lvremove -f vg00/lvol1
207 Remove all LVs the specified VG.
209 lvremove vg00
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212 lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)
213 pvchange(8) pvck(8) pvcreate(8) pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8)
215 pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvscan(8)
216 vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgcon‐
218 vert(8) vgdisplay(8) vgexport(8) vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimport‐
219 clone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgremove(8) vgrename(8)
220 vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)
221 lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvre‐
223 duce(8) lvremove(8) lvrename(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)
224 lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeacti‐
226 vate(8) lvmdump(8)
227 dmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) cmirrord(8) lvmd‐
229 busd(8)
230 lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)
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