pvremove(1M)pvremove(1M)NAMEpvremove - remove LVM data structure from a physical volume
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
The command clears the LVM data structure on a disk, so that it is no
longer an LVM physical volume. The device may then be used by the file
system or by other volume managers.
The operation is denied if pv_path is assigned to a volume group. The
command only clears the LVM data structure on a disk if the disk does
not belong to a volume group. This avoids accidentally removing a
valid physical volume under a volume group. If the physical volume to
be removed belongs to a volume group, use the command to first remove
the volume group associated with the physical volume.
Arguments
recognizes the following arguments:
pv_path The character (raw) device path name of a physical
volume.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If is not specified or is null, it defaults to "C" (see lang(5)).
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, all
internationalization variables default to "C" (see environ(5)).
EXAMPLES
Remove LVM data structure on the physical volume
SEE ALSOlvremove(1M), vgremove(1M), intro(7), lvm(7).
pvremove(1M)