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vgremove

VGREMOVE(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       VGREMOVE(8)

NAME

       vgremove - remove a volume group

SYNOPSIS

       vgremove [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]

DESCRIPTION

       vgremove  allows you to remove one or more volume groups.  The volume group(s) must not have any logical volumes allocated and must also be
       inactive (see vgchange(8) ).

   OPTIONS
       -d, --debug
	      Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

       -h, --help
	      Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

       -v, --verbose
	      Gives verbose runtime information about vgremove's activities.

DIAGNOSTICS

       vgremove returns an code code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:

       1  no volume group name on command line
       2  error setting up freed physical volume
       3  error writing freed physical volume(s) to disk(s)
       4  error removing volume group from lvmtab
       5  can't remove volume group containing logical volumes
       6  invalid volume group name
       7  volume group is active
       8  not all physical volumes are online
       9  error accessing volume group
       10 error reading volume group data from disk(s)

       95 driver/module not in kernel
       96 invalid I/O protocol version
       97 error locking logical volume manager
       98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
       99 invalid command line

See also
       lvm(8), vgcreate(8), vgreduce(8)

AUTHOR

       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>

Heinz Mauelshagen						     LVM TOOLS							       VGREMOVE(8)

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