man/pvremove.8.in

   1 .TH PVREMOVE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
   2 .SH NAME
   3 pvremove \- remove a physical volume
   4 .SH SYNOPSIS
   5 .B pvremove
   6 .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
   7 .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
   8 .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
   9 .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
  10 .RB [ \-\-version ]
  11 .RB [ \-f [ f ]| \-\-force
  12 .RB [ \-\-force ]]
  13 .RB [ \-y | \-\-yes ]
  14 .I PhysicalVolume
  15 .RI [ PhysicalVolume ...]
  16 .SH DESCRIPTION
  17 pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer
  18 recognise it as a physical volume.
  19 .SH OPTIONS
  20 See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
  21 .TP
  22 .BR \-ff ", " \-\-force " " \-\-force
  23 Force the removal of a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group.
  24 Normally \fBvgreduce\fP(8) should be used instead of this command.
  25 You cannot remove a physical volume which in use by some active logical volume.
  26 .TP
  27 .BR \-y ", " \-\-yes
  28 Answer yes to all questions.
  29 .SH SEE ALSO
  30 .BR lvm (8),
  31 .BR pvcreate (8),
  32 .BR pvdisplay (8),
  33 .BR vgreduce (8)