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)
Hi all,
I've created some logical volumes on a non-production server. I was supposed to make the new LV's similar to another LV already on the server. Supposed to be the similar to lvol5
I did everything right except one thing as somebody mentioned. I would like to figure out what I did... (6 Replies)
Hi,
We have a new server which has 2.7 TB RAW Disk.Outof this we want to convery 1.2 TB to filesystem and nfs mount it on one of the servers.
After our activity we need to convert this back to RAW Disks.
Please let me know if this is possible and the complexity involved.
Regards,
VN (1 Reply)
I have a LUN (From HP-Storage VA7110) that is claimed on 2 servers, but is in used in one of the VG on Server-1 .
Now I want to shut Server-1 and re-use that LUN on server-2 .
Server-1
Path-1 : /dev/rdsk/c4t0d1
Path-2: /dev/rdsk/c6t0d1
Server-2
Path-1: /dev/rdsk/c5t0d1
Path-2:... (8 Replies)
Hi,
How to remove the allocate SAN Lun on the Linux Server. I am using rhel 5.8. I have assigned a LUN to the existing Volume group.
For eg: I have allocated a LUN with 20GB to the existing volume group(test123). Now, how can I take back the allocated lun without any issues. (1 Reply)
I want to start by saying I already resolved my issue but I want to understand why I am seeing what I am seeing.
I have a server with a RAID controller two 500GB drives and six 600GB drives. The two 500GB drives are mirrored and have the OS installed on them. The six 600GB they wanted set as... (4 Replies)
Hi,
Need a bit of help on this one as I am a scripting noob.
I have a linux based NAS that mounts USB hard drives in an inconsistent location and to make matters worse, seems to lose the mount for an unknown reason and doesn't remount automatically unless the drive is removed and re-inserted.... (4 Replies)
Scenario1:
VG00 lvm,not mirrored,2 disk of 36GB vg size
VG00 size is under 30G.
Is possible to remove a disk of 36GB and replace "on fly"
with a disk of 300GB on VG00?
Thanks (6 Replies)
I am having trouble with LVM and one of my physical volumes.
Using Ubuntu Desktop 14.04
I was trying to set up LVM across two disks (not containing the OS or Home).
First I created the initial Physical Volume, the Volume Group, and the Logical volume, and everything seemed fine. The... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have below code for disk creation
disk_list=$(ls /dev/sd)
for disk in $disk_list
do
pvcreate $i
done
So what my understanding is first it is checking the disk under /dev sdb,sdc,sdd,...sdz whether 25 disk are existing
if not then its creating the 25 physical volume.
I... (4 Replies)