What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / linuxnewbee

frst remove frm fstab .....then

lvremove lvname

vgremove vgname /// u cant remove vg before lv

pvremove pvname(path i.e /dev/...)

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / mahesh

you frist umount lv
remove from fstab then save and quit
first remove lvremove lvname
second remove vgremove vgname
and last go for pv

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / ron

frst remove frm fstab .....then
vgremove vgname
lvremove lvname
pvremove pvname(path i.e /dev/...)

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / linux

dmsetup will only remove /dev/mapper/vg0-lvm0
your pv, vg & lv will remain there but lv will not be active.
just give "vgchange -ay" and your logical volume will again
be available for use.

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / debasis behera

1st remove the entry on /etc/fstab file & save - quit.
2nd remove lvm - lvremove lvname
3rd remove vg - vgremove vgname
4th remove pv - pvremove pvname

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / harsha

first umount
then remove from fstab
then remove lvm using lvremove
then remove groupvolume
using gvremove
then remove physicalvolume
using pvremove
dont forget to reboot your system after deleting.

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / ratheesh

vremove lvname

vgremove vgname /// u cant remove vg before lv

pvremove pvname(path i.e /dev/...)

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / mario

first:# vi /etc/fstab
deleted line /dev/mapper/vg/lv ..............default 0 0
esc wq!
#reboot
#lvremove(path i.e: /dev/mapper/vg/lv)
#vgremove(path i.e: vg /dev/sdb1)
#pvremove(path i.e: /dev/sdb1)

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / rama shankar maurya

lvremove for lv remove
pvremove for pv remove
vgremove for vg remove

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What is the command to remove Lvm ,Pv and vg..

Answer / shailendra kumar

first remove logical volume then second remove vollume
group and last remove the physical vollume

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 2 No

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