LVREMOVE(8)

NAME
lvremove - remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
lvremove [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-f/--force] [-h/-?/--help] [-v/--verbose] LogicalVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
lvremove allows you to remove one or more inactive logical volumes.

  OPTIONS

-A, --autobackup y/n
    Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see vgcfgbackup(8) ). Default is yes.

-d, --debug
    Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

-f, --force
    Force remove without confirmation.

-h, -?, --help
    Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

-v, --verbose
    Gives verbose runtime information about lvremove's activities.

Example
"lvremove -f /dev/vg00/lvol1" removes that inactive logical volume unconditionally.

DIAGNOSTICS
lvremove returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1  no logical volume name on command line
2  invalid logical volume name
3  error checking existence of volume group
4  inactive volume group
5  error getting VGDA from kernel
6  error getting status of logical volume from kernel
7  open logical volume cannot be removed
8  error reading VGDA
9  error removing logical volume from VGDA
10 error removing logical volume from kernel
11 error writing VGDA to physical volume(s)
95 driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid I/O protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
99 invalid command line

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

LVM_AUTOBACKUP
    If this variable is set to "no" then the automatic backup of VG metadata is turned off.

LVM_VG_MAX_BACKUPS
    This variable determines the backup history depth of kept VGDA copy files in /etc/lvmconf. It can be set to a positive number between 0 and 999. The higher this number is, the more changes you can restore using vgcfgrestore(8).

LVM_VG_NAME
    The default Volume Group Name to use. Setting this variable enables you to enter just the Logical Volume Name rather than its complete path.

See also
lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvscan(8)

AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>