redhat man page for lvremove

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

NAME
       lvremove - remove a logical volume

SYNOPSIS
       lvremove [-A|--autobackup {y|n}] [-d|--debug] [-f|--force] [-h|--help] [-v|--verbose] LogicalVolumePath [LogicalVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
       lvremove allows you to remove one or more inactive logical volumes.

   OPTIONS
       -A, --autobackup y/n
	      Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see vgcfgbackup(8) ). Default is yes.

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

       -f, --force
	      Force remove without confirmation.

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

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

Example
       "lvremove -f /dev/vg00/lvol1" removes that inactive logical volume unconditionally.

DIAGNOSTICS
       lvremove returns an exit code of 0 for success and > 0 for error:

       1  no logical volume name on command line
       2  invalid logical volume name
       3  error checking existence of volume group
       4  inactive volume group
       5  error getting VGDA from kernel
       6  error getting status of logical volume from kernel
       7  open logical volume cannot be removed
       8  error reading VGDA
       9  error removing logical volume from VGDA
       10 error removing logical volume from kernel
       11 error writing VGDA to physical volume(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

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       LVM_AUTOBACKUP
	      If this variable is set to "no" then the automatic backup of VG metadata is turned off.

       LVM_VG_MAX_BACKUPS
	      This  variable  determines  the  backup  history	depth  of kept VGDA copy files in /etc/lvmconf. It can be set to a positive number
	      between 0 and 999.  The higher this number is, the more changes you can restore using vgcfgrestore(8).

       LVM_VG_NAME
	      The default Volume Group Name to use. Setting this variable enables you to enter just the Logical Volume Name rather than  its  com-
	      plete path.

See also
       lvm(8), lvcreate(8), lvdisplay(8), lvscan(8)

AUTHOR
       Heinz Mauelshagen <Linux-LVM@Sistina.com>

Heinz Mauelshagen						     LVM TOOLS							       LVREMOVE(8)