pvremove(8)

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NAME

6       pvremove - Remove LVM label(s) from physical volume(s)
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SYNOPSIS

9       pvremove position_args
10           [ option_args ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       pvremove  wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recog‐
14       nise it as a PV.
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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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USAGE

22       pvremove PV ...
23           [ -f|--force ]
24           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
25           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
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27       Common options for lvm:
28           [ -d|--debug ]
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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OPTIONS

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
52              about config.
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54       -d|--debug ...
55              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
56              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
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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
64              with extreme caution.
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66       -h|--help
67              Display help text.
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69       --lockopt String
70              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvm‐
71              lockd(8) for more information.
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73       --longhelp
74              Display long help text.
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76       --nolocking
77              Disable locking.
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79       --profile String
80              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
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83       -q|--quiet ...
84              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver‐
85              bose.  Repeat once to also suppress any prompts with answer
86              'no'.
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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 un‐
100              usual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies
101              on reading back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.
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103       -v|--verbose ...
104              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the de‐
105              tail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
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107       --version
108              Display version information.
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110       -y|--yes
111              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume
112              the answer yes. Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
113              see -qq.)
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VARIABLES

116       PV
117              Physical Volume name, a device path under  /dev.   For  commands
118              managing physical extents, a PV positional arg generally accepts
119              a suffix indicating a range (or multiple ranges) of physical ex‐
120              tents  (PEs).  When  the first PE is omitted, it defaults to the
121              start of the device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults
122              to  end.   Start and end range (inclusive): PV[:PE-PE]...  Start
123              and length range (counting from 0): PV[:PE+PE]...
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125       String
126              See the option description for information about the string con‐
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129       Size[UNIT]
130              Size  is  an  input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
131              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi‐
132              talization,  e.g.  'k'  and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default
133              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep‐
134              resents  other  possible  input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is
135              bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB,  g|G
136              is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This should not be
137              confused with the output control --units, where capital  letters
138              mean multiple of 1000.)
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

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