LVREMOVE(8)

NAME
lvremove - remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
lvremove [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-f/--force] [-h/-?/--help] [-v/--verbose] LogicalVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
lvremove allows you to remove one or more inactive logical volumes.

  OPTIONS

-A, --autobackup y/n
    Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see vgcfgbackup(8) ). Default is yes.

-d, --debug
    Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

-f, --force
    Force remove without any question.

-h, -?, --help
    Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

-v, --verbose
    Gives verbose runtime information about lvremove's activities.

Example
"lvremove -f /dev/vg00/lvol1" removes that inactive logical volume unconditionally.

DIAGNOSTICS
lvremove returns an exit state of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1  no logical volume name on command line
2  invalid logical volume name
3  error checking existence of volume group
4  inactive volume group
5  error getting VGDA from kernel
6  error getting status of logical volume from kernel
7  open logical volume cannot be removed
8  error reading VGDA
9  error removing logical volume from VGDA
10 error removing logical volume from kernel
11 error writing VGDA to physical volume(s)
95 driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid i/o protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
99 invalid command line

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

LVM_AUTOBACKUP
    If this variable is set to "no" then the automatic backup of VG metadata is turned off.

See also
lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvscan(8)

AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <linux-lvm@ez-darmstadt.telekom.de>