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LVREMOVE(8)                 System Manager's Manual                LVREMOVE(8)
NAME
       lvremove -- Remove logical volume(s) from the system
SYNOPSIS
       lvremove position_args
           [ option_args ]
DESCRIPTION
       lvremove  removes  one  or more LVs. For standard LVs, this returns the
       logical extents that were used by the LV to the VG  for  use  by  other
       LVs.
       Confirmation  will be requested before deactivating any active LV prior
       to removal.  LVs cannot be deactivated or removed while they  are  open
       (e.g.   if  they  contain  a mounted filesystem). Removing an origin LV
       will also remove all dependent snapshots.
       When a single force option is used, LVs are removed  without  confirma-
       tion, and the command will try to deactivate unused LVs.
       To remove damaged LVs, two force options may be required (-ff).
       Historical LVs
       If the configuration setting metadata/record_lvs_history is enabled and
       the LV being removed forms part of the history of at least one LV  that
       is  still  present,  then a simplified representation of the LV 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). This allows later  reporting  to  see  the  ancestry
       chain  of  thin snapshot volumes, even after some intermediate LVs have
       been removed. The names of such historical LVs acquire a  hyphen  as  a
       prefix  (e.g. '-lvol1') and cannot be reactivated.  Use lvremove a sec-
       ond time, with the hyphen, to remove the record of the former  LV  com-
       pletely.
USAGE
       lvremove VG|LV|Tag|Select ...
           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
           [ -f|--force ]
           [ -S|--select String ]
           [    --nohistory ]
           [    --noudevsync ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --devices PV ]
           [    --devicesfile String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --journal String ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nohints ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]
OPTIONS
       -A|--autobackup y|n
              Specifies  if metadata should be backed up automatically after a
              change.  Enabling this is strongly advised!  See  vgcfgbackup(8)
              for more information.
       --commandprofile String
              The  command  profile  to  use  for  command configuration.  See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) set-
              tings.   The  String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or
              may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more informa-
              tion about config.
       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
       --devices PV
              Restricts the devices that are visible  and  accessible  to  the
              command.   Devices  not  listed  will appear to be missing. This
              option can be repeated, or accepts a  comma  separated  list  of
              devices. This overrides the devices file.
       --devicesfile String
              A file listing devices that LVM should use.  The file must exist
              in /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8)  com-
              mand.   This  overrides  the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and
              devices/use_devicesfile settings.
       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
              For testing and debugging.
       -f|--force ...
              Override  various  checks,  confirmations  and protections.  Use
              with extreme caution.
       -h|--help
              Display help text.
       --journal String
              Record information in the systemd journal.  This information  is
              in  addition  to information enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal
              setting.  command: record information about the  command.   out-
              put: record the default command output.  debug: record full com-
              mand debugging.
       --lockopt String
              Used to pass options for special cases to  lvmlockd.   See  lvm-
              lockd(8) for more information.
       --longhelp
              Display long help text.
       --nohints
              Do  not  use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. A command
              may read more devices to find PVs when hints are not  used.  The
              command will still perform standard hint file invalidation where
              appropriate.
       --nohistory
              Do not record history of LVs being removed.  This has no  effect
              unless  the configuration setting metadata/record_lvs_history is
              enabled.
       --nolocking
              Disable locking.
       --noudevsync
              Disables udev synchronisation. The process  will  not  wait  for
              notification  from  udev.  It  will continue irrespective of any
              possible udev processing in the background.  Only  use  this  if
              udev  is  not  running  or has rules that ignore the devices LVM
              creates.
       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
              the command.
       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress  output  and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver-
              bose.  Repeat once to also  suppress  any  prompts  with  answer
              'no'.
       --reportformat basic|json
              Overrides  current  output  format  for reports which is defined
              globally by the  report/output_format  setting  in  lvm.conf(5).
              basic is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is
              more than one report per command, each report is  prefixed  with
              the  report name for identification. json produces report output
              in JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
       -S|--select String
              Select objects for processing and reporting based  on  specified
              criteria.  The criteria syntax is described by --select help and
              lvmreport(7).  For reporting commands, one row is displayed  for
              each  object  matching  the  criteria.   See  --options help for
              selectable object fields.  Rows can be displayed with  an  addi-
              tional  "selected"  field  (-o  selected)  showing  1 if the row
              matches the selection and 0 otherwise.  For  non-reporting  com-
              mands  which  process  LVM  entities,  the  selection is used to
              choose items to process.
       -t|--test
              Run in test mode. Commands will not update  metadata.   This  is
              implemented  by  disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
              returning success to the calling  function.  This  may  lead  to
              unusual  error  messages  in  multi-stage  operations  if a tool
              relies on reading back metadata  it  believes  has  changed  but
              hasn't.
       -v|--verbose ...
              Set  verbose  level.  Repeat  from  1 to 4 times to increase the
              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
       --version
              Display version information.
       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but  always  assume
              the  answer  yes.  Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
              see -qq.)
VARIABLES
       VG     Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
       LV     Logical Volume name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.  An  LV  posi-
              tional  arg  generally  includes  the  VG name and LV name, e.g.
              VG/LV.
       Tag    Tag name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and  using
              tags in place of a VG, LV or PV.
       Select Select  indicates  that  a  required positional parameter can be
              omitted if the --select option is used.  No arg appears in  this
              position.
       String See the option description for information about the string con-
              tent.
       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an  optional  unit.   Input
              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi-
              talization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to  1024.   The  default
              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep-
              resents other possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors
              of  512  bytes,  k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB,
              p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This should not be confused  with  the
              output  control  --units, where capital letters mean multiple of
              1000.)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See lvm(8) for information about environment  variables  used  by  lvm.
       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
       parameter.
EXAMPLES
       Remove an active LV without asking for confirmation.
       lvremove -f vg00/lvol1
       Remove all LVs the specified VG.
       lvremove vg00
SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),
       pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8),
       pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8), pvscan(8),
       vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8),
       vgconvert(8), vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8),
       vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8), vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8),
       vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8), vgsplit(8),
       lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8),
       lvreduce(8), lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),
       lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), lvm2-activation-generator(8),
       blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),
       dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8),
       lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),
       lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)
Red Hat, Inc.       LVM TOOLS 2.03.14(2)-RHEL8 (2021-10-20)        LVREMOVE(8)