LVREMOVE(8)                          System Manager's Manual                          LVREMOVE(8)



NAME
       lvremove — remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
       lvremove  [-A|--autobackup  {y|n}] [--commandprofile ProfileName] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help]
       [-t|--test]   [-v|--verbose]   [--version]   [-f|--force]    [--noudevsync]    LogicalVol‐
       ume{Name|Path} [LogicalVolume{Name|Path}...]

DESCRIPTION
       lvremove removes one or more logical volumes.  Confirmation will be requested before deac‐
       tivating any active logical volume prior to removal.  Logical volumes  cannot  be  deacti‐
       vated  or removed while they are open (e.g. if they contain a mounted filesystem).  Remov‐
       ing an origin logical volume will also remove all dependent snapshots.

       If the logical volume is clustered then it must be deactivated on all nodes in the cluster
       before it can be removed. A single lvchange command issued from one node can do this.

OPTIONS
       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -f, --force
              Remove active logical volumes without confirmation.

       --noudevsync
              Disable udev synchronisation. The process will not wait for notification from udev.
              It will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing  in  the  background.
              You  should  only  use  this  if  udev  is not running or has rules that ignore the
              devices LVM2 creates.

Examples
       Remove the active logical volume lvol1 in volume group vg00 without asking  for  confirma‐
       tion:

       lvremove -f vg00/lvol1

       Remove all logical volumes in volume group vg00:

       lvremove vg00

SEE ALSO
       lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvchange(8), lvm(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8), vgremove(8)



Sistina Software UK             LVM TOOLS 2.02.111(2) (2014-09-01)                    LVREMOVE(8)