| .TH PVREMOVE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*- |
| .SH NAME |
| pvremove \(em remove a physical volume |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B pvremove |
| .RB [ \-\-commandprofile |
| .IR ProfileName ] |
| .RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ] |
| .RB [ \-h | \-\-help ] |
| .RB [ \-t | \-\-test ] |
| .RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ] |
| .RB [ \-\-version ] |
| .RB [ \-f [ f ]| \-\-force |
| .RB [ \-\-force ]] |
| .RB [ \-\-reportformat |
| .RB { basic | json }] |
| .RB [ \-y | \-\-yes ] |
| .I PhysicalVolume |
| .RI [ PhysicalVolume ...] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer |
| recognise it as a physical volume. |
| .SH OPTIONS |
| See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-ff ", " \-\-force " " \-\-force |
| Force the removal of a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group. |
| Normally \fBvgreduce\fP(8) should be used instead of this command. |
| You cannot remove a physical volume which in use by some active logical volume. |
| .TP |
| .BR \-y ", " \-\-yes |
| Answer yes to all questions. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR lvm (8), |
| .BR pvcreate (8), |
| .BR pvdisplay (8), |
| .BR vgreduce (8) |
