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If the physical volume is used by a volume group, the association must be deleted with [[vgreduce]], or --force should be used. | |||
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pvremove /dev/sdb1 | |||
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Revision as of 13:51, 23 May 2017
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Overview
Removes a physical volume by removing all LVM labels.
The association between volume groups and physical volumes can be obtained with with pvs or pvscan.
pvremove <partition-on-which-physical-volume-resides>
If the physical volume is used by a volume group, the association must be deleted with vgreduce, or --force should be used.
Example:
pvremove /dev/sdb1