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NAME

       lvremove — remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS

       lvremove  [-A|--autobackup  {y|n}]  [--commandprofile  ProfileName] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-S|--select
       Selection]      [-t|--test]      [-v|--verbose]       [--version]       [-f|--force]       [--noudevsync]
       [LogicalVolume{Name|Path}...]

DESCRIPTION

       lvremove  removes  one  or  more logical volumes.  Confirmation will be requested before deactivating any
       active logical volume 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.  Tool will try to deactivate unused volume.
              To proceed with damaged pools use -ff

       --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)