NAME

       vgreduce - reduce a volume group

SYNOPSIS

       vgreduce  [-a|--all]  [-A|--autobackup  {y|n}]  [-d|--debug] [-h|-?|--help] [--removemissing] [-t|--test]
       [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName [PhysicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

       See lvm(8) 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)