Latest revision as of 17:48, 23 May 2017

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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 <physical-volume-path>

If the physical volume is used by a volume group, the volume group must be removed first with vgremove.

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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.
+If the physical volume is used by a volume group, the volume group must be removed first with [[vgremove]].
-Example:
-<pre>
-pvremove --force /dev/sdb1
-  PV /dev/sdb1 is used by VG docker_vg so please use vgreduce first.
-  (If you are certain you need pvremove, then confirm by using --force twice.)
-pvremove --force  --force /dev/sdb1
-  WARNING: PV /dev/sdb1 is used by VG docker_vg
-Really WIPE LABELS from physical volume "/dev/sdb1" of volume group "docker_vg" [y/n]? y
-  WARNING: Wiping physical volume label from /dev/sdb1 of volume group "docker_vg"
-  Labels on physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully wiped.
-</pre>