NAME
lvremove - remove a logical volume
SYNOPSIS
lvremove [-A|--autobackup y|n] [-d|--debug] [-f|--force] [-h|-?|--help]
[--noudevsync] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] LogicalVolumePath
[LogicalVolumePath...]
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.
--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)