LVREMOVE(8)                                                                                                          LVREMOVE(8)



NAME
       lvremove - remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
       lvremove  [-A|--autobackup  y|n] [-d|--debug] [-f|--force] [-h|-?|--help] [--noudevsync] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] Logi-
       calVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
       lvremove removes one or more logical volumes.  Confirmation will be requested before deactivating any active logical vol-
       ume  prior  to  removal.   Logical  volumes  cannot be deactivated or removed while they are open (e.g. if they contain a
       mounted filesystem).  Removing 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 confirmation:

            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 2.02.84(2) (2011-02-09)                                    LVREMOVE(8)