Latest revision as of 18:03, 23 May 2017

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Removes a logical volume from a volume group.

Gather statistics on the free space before removing, and also on the size of the logical volume to be removed with vgs and lvs.

Unmount the volume if necessary (or shutdown the service that is using it, as it is the case with Docker):

umount /dev/<volume-group-name>/<logical-volume-name>

umount /dev/docker_vg/docker-pool

Then remove the logical volume:

lvremove [-v] /dev/<volume-group-name>/<logical-volume-name>

lvremove /dev/docker_vg/docker-pool

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 =Internal=
+* [[Linux_Logical_Volume_Management_Operations#Logical_Volume_Management_Operations|Logical Volume Operations]]
 =Overview=
+Removes a logical volume from a volume group.
+Gather statistics on the free space before removing, and also on the size of the logical volume to be removed with [[vgs]] and [[lvs]].
-Gather statistics on the free space before removing, and also on the size of the logical volume to be removed:
-<pre>
-vgs
-</pre>
-<pre>
-lvs
-</pre>
 Unmount the volume if necessary (or shutdown the service that is using it, as it is the case with Docker):
 <pre>
-umount /dev/VolGroup00/MyLV1
+umount /dev/<volume-group-name>/<logical-volume-name>
 </pre>
-Remove the logical volume with <tt>lvremove</tt>.
-The command has a "dry run mode" (-t):
 <pre>
-lvremove /dev/<VG_name>/<LV_name>
+umount /dev/docker_vg/docker-pool
 </pre>
-<pre>
+Then remove the logical volume:
-lvremove -t /dev/<VG_name>/<LV_name>
-</pre>
-Example:
 <pre>
-[root@rhel-test lvm]# lvremove -t /dev/rhel_rhel-test/docker-pool
+lvremove [-v] /dev/<volume-group-name>/<logical-volume-name>
-  TEST MODE: Metadata will NOT be updated and volumes will not be (de)activated.
-Do you really want to remove active logical volume docker-pool? [y/n]: y
-  Logical volume "docker-pool" successfully removed
 </pre>
-This command actually removes it:
 <pre>
-lvremove [-v] /dev/VolGroup00/MyLV1
+lvremove /dev/docker_vg/docker-pool
 </pre>