NAME
lvremove — remove one or more logical volumes from LVM volume group
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/lvremove
[-A
autobackup]
[-f]
lv_path ...
Remarks
lvremove
cannot be performed if the volume group is activated in shared mode.
DESCRIPTION
The
lvremove
command removes each logical volume specified by
lv_path ....
Logical volumes must be closed before they can be removed.
For example, if the logical volume contains a file system,
unmount the file system before removing it.
Options and Arguments
lvremove
recognizes the following options and arguments:
- lv_path
The block device path name of a logical volume.
- -A autobackup
Set automatic backup for this invocation of this command.
autobackup
can have one of the following values:
- y
Automatically back up configuration changes made to the logical volume.
This is the default.
After this command executes, the
vgcfgbackup
command (see
vgcfgbackup(1M))
is executed for the volume group to which the logical volume belongs.
- n
Do not back up configuration changes this time.
- -f
Specify that no user confirmation is required.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LANG
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If
LANG
is not specified or is null, it defaults to
"C" (see
lang(5)).
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,
all internationalization variables default to "C" (see
environ(5)).
EXAMPLES
Remove a logical volume without requiring user confirmation:
lvremove -f /dev/vg01/lvol5
WARNINGS
This command destroys all data in the specified logical volumes.
