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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)
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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)
Can anyone tell me why its a bad idea to have rootvg span multiple physical drives
i.e.
hdisk0 00014861356a3c77 rootvg
hdisk1 0001486111354c7c rootvg
hdisk2 00014861fcef6a5d rootvg
hdisk3 none None
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0516-1207 mkvg: An invalid physical volume ID been detected on hdisk5.
0516-862 mkvg: Unable to create volume group.
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What do I do? AIX 4.3.3
I have seen something like this before but I don't remember the... (2 Replies)
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I am quite new in AIX and I want to have an advice on my problem.
I want to move the content of one disk (which has HW problems) to a new one.
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mirrorvg rootvg
bootlist -m normal hdisk0 hdisk1
bosboot -ad hdisk0
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Hi
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Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/md/dsk/d0 ... (3 Replies)
Hi,
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Hello everyone,
I just read that while creating a logical volume(LV) we can choose the region of the physical volume (PV) in which the LV should be created.
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Hi,
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