VGREDUCE(8)                                                                                                          VGREDUCE(8)



NAME
       vgreduce - reduce a volume group

SYNOPSIS
       vgreduce  [-a|--all]  [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--removemissing] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] Vol-
       umeGroupName [PhysicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
       vgreduce allows you to remove one or more unused physical volumes from a volume group.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       -a, --all
              Removes all empty physical volumes if none are given on command line.

       --removemissing
              Removes all missing physical volumes from the volume group, if there are no logical volumes  allocated  on  those.
              This resumes normal operation of the volume group (new logical volumes may again be created, changed and so on).

              If  this is not possible (there are logical volumes referencing the missing physical volumes) and you cannot or do
              not want to remove them manually, you can run this option with --force to have vgreduce remove any partial LVs.

              Any logical volumes and dependent snapshots that were partly on the missing disks  get  removed  completely.  This
              includes those parts that lie on disks that are still present.

              If  your  logical volumes spanned several disks including the ones that are lost, you might want to try to salvage
              data first by activating your logical volumes with --partial as described in lvm (8).


SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), vgextend(8)



Sistina Software UK                             LVM TOOLS 2.02.84(2) (2011-02-09)                                    VGREDUCE(8)