08-27-2008
Thanks for your answer.
Finally instead to use mibratepv, after adding the new disk to the VG, I have mirrored the VG. So the activity has not been stopped.
Now I'm going to unmirror the VG and then unmount the faulty disk.
Regards.
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pvremove
PVREMOVE(8) System Manager's Manual PVREMOVE(8)
NAME
pvremove - remove a physical volume
SYNOPSIS
pvremove [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [--version] [-f[f]|--force [--force]] [-y|--yes] PhysicalVolume [PhysicalVol-
ume...]
DESCRIPTION
pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer recognise it as a physical volume.
OPTIONS
See lvm(8) for common options.
-ff, --force --force
Force the removal of a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group. Normally vgreduce(8) should be used instead of this
command. You cannot remove a physical volume which in use by some active logical volume.
-y, --yes
Answer yes to all questions.
SEE ALSO
lvm(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), vgreduce(8)
Sistina Software UK LVM TOOLS 2.02.95(2) (2012-03-06) PVREMOVE(8)