LVREMOVE(8)		    System Manager's Manual		   LVREMOVE(8)



NAME
       lvremove -- remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
       lvremove	  [-A|--autobackup   {y|n}]   [--commandprofile	  ProfileName]
       [-d|--debug] [-h|--help]	 [--nohistory]	[--reportformat	 {basic|json}]
       [-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 ori-
       gin 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 com-
       mand issued from one node can do this.

       If the configuration setting metadata/record_lvs_history is enabled and
       the  logical volume being removed forms part of the history of at least
       one logical volume that is still present then a simplified  representa-
       tion of the logical volume will be retained.  This includes the time of
       removal (lv_time_removed reporting  field),  creation  time  (lv_time),
       name  (lv_name), LV uuid (lv_uuid) and VG name (vg_name) and allows you
       to see the ancestry chain of thin  snapshot  volumes  even  after  some
       intermediate logical volumes have been removed.	The names of such his-
       torical logical volumes acquire a hyphen as a  prefix  (e.g.  '-lvol1')
       and  cannot  be	reactivated.   Use  lvremove  a	 second time, with the
       hyphen, to remove the record of the former logical volume completely.

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

       --nohistory
	      Disable the recording of history of logical  volumes  which  are
	      being  removed.	(This  has  no effect unless the configuration
	      setting metadata/record_lvs_history is enabled.)

       --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 UKLVM TOOLS 2.02.166(2)-RHEL7 (2016-11-16)	   LVREMOVE(8)