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



NAME
       pvremove — remove a physical volume

SYNOPSIS
       pvremove  [--commandprofile  ProfileName]  [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--ver‐
       bose] [--version] [-f[f]|--force [--force]] [-y|--yes] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVolume...]

DESCRIPTION
       pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recognise it as a physical
       volume.

OPTIONS
       See lvm(8) for common options.

       -ff, --force --force
              Force the removal of a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group.  Nor‐
              mally vgreduce(8) should be used instead of this  command.   You  cannot  remove  a
              physical volume which in use by some active logical volume.

       -y, --yes
              Answer yes to all questions.

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), vgreduce(8)



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