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            "text": "# lvremove (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nlvremove — Remove logical volume(s) from the system\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nlvremove positionargs\n[ optionargs ]\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nlvremove  removes  one  or  more LVs. For standard LVs, this returns the logical extents that\nwere used by the LV to the VG for use by other LVs.\n\n## TLDR\n\n> Remove logical volumes.\n\n- Remove a logical volume in a volume group:\n  `sudo lvremove {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}`\n- Remove all logical volumes in a volume group:\n  `sudo lvremove {{volume_group}}`\n\n*Source: tldr-pages*\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION** (1 subsections)\n- **USAGE**\n- **OPTIONS** (15 subsections)\n- **VARIABLES**\n- **ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES**\n- **EXAMPLES** (2 subsections)\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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        "summary": "lvremove — Remove logical volume(s) from the system",
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        "tldr_summary": "Remove logical volumes.",
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                "description": "Remove a logical volume in a volume group",
                "command": "sudo lvremove {{volume_group}}/{{logical_volume}}"
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                "description": "Remove all logical volumes in a volume group",
                "command": "sudo lvremove {{volume_group}}"
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                "description": "Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a change. Enabling this is strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information. --commandprofile String The command profile to use for command configuration. See lvm.conf(5) for more infor‐ mation about profiles. --config String Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) settings. The String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or may use section/field syntax. See lvm.conf(5) for more information about config."
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                "description": "Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured). --devices PV Restricts the devices that are visible and accessible to the command. Devices not listed will appear to be missing. This option can be repeated, or accepts a comma sep‐ arated list of devices. This overrides the devices file. --devicesfile String A file listing devices that LVM should use. The file must exist in /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8) command. This overrides the lvm.conf(5) de‐ vices/devicesfile and devices/usedevicesfile settings. --driverloaded y|n If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper. For testing and de‐ bugging."
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                "description": "Display help text. --journal String Record information in the systemd journal. This information is in addition to infor‐ mation enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal setting. command: record information about the command. output: record the default command output. debug: record full command debugging. --lockopt String Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd. See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐ tion."
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                "description": "Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata. This is implemented by disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on read‐ ing back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't."
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                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvck/8/json"
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                "section": "8",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvcreate/8/json"
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            {
                "name": "pvdisplay",
                "section": "8",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvdisplay/8/json"
            },
            {
                "name": "pvmove",
                "section": "8",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvmove/8/json"
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            {
                "name": "pvremove",
                "section": "8",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvremove/8/json"
            },
            {
                "name": "pvresize",
                "section": "8",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvresize/8/json"
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                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvs/8/json"
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                "name": "pvscan",
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                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pvscan/8/json"
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                "name": "vgcfgbackup",
                "section": "8",
                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgcfgbackup/8/json"
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            },
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                "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/vgimport/8/json"
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            "NAME": {
                "content": "lvremove — Remove logical volume(s) from the system\n",
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            "SYNOPSIS": {
                "content": "lvremove positionargs\n[ optionargs ]\n",
                "subsections": []
            },
            "DESCRIPTION": {
                "content": "lvremove  removes  one  or  more LVs. For standard LVs, this returns the logical extents that\nwere used by the LV to the VG for use by other LVs.\n\nConfirmation will be requested before deactivating any active LV prior to removal.  LVs  can‐\nnot  be  deactivated or removed while they are open (e.g.  if they contain a mounted filesys‐\ntem). Removing an origin LV will also remove all dependent snapshots.\n\nWhen a single force option is used, LVs are removed without  confirmation,  and  the  command\nwill try to deactivate unused LVs.\n\nTo remove damaged LVs, two force options may be required (-ff).\n",
                "subsections": [
                    {
                        "name": "Historical LVs",
                        "content": "If  the configuration setting metadata/recordlvshistory is enabled and the LV being removed\nforms part of the history of at least one LV that is still present, then a simplified  repre‐\nsentation  of the LV will be retained. This includes the time of removal (lvtimeremoved re‐\nporting field), creation time (lvtime), name  (lvname),  LV  uuid  (lvuuid)  and  VG  name\n(vgname).  This  allows  later reporting to see the ancestry chain of thin snapshot volumes,\neven after some intermediate LVs have been removed. The names of such historical LVs  acquire\na  hyphen as a prefix (e.g. '-lvol1') and cannot be reactivated.  Use lvremove a second time,\nwith the hyphen, to remove the record of the former LV completely.\n"
                    }
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            "USAGE": {
                "content": "lvremove VG|LV|Tag|Select ...\n[ -A|--autobackup y|n ]\n[ -f|--force ]\n[ -S|--select String ]\n[    --nohistory ]\n[    --noudevsync ]\n[    --reportformat basic|json ]\n[ COMMONOPTIONS ]\n\nCommon options for lvm:\n[ -d|--debug ]\n[ -h|--help ]\n[ -q|--quiet ]\n[ -t|--test ]\n[ -v|--verbose ]\n[ -y|--yes ]\n[    --commandprofile String ]\n[    --config String ]\n[    --devices PV ]\n[    --devicesfile String ]\n[    --driverloaded y|n ]\n[    --journal String ]\n[    --lockopt String ]\n[    --longhelp ]\n[    --nohints ]\n[    --nolocking ]\n[    --profile String ]\n[    --version ]\n",
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                        "name": "-A --autobackup y",
                        "content": "Specifies if metadata should be backed up automatically after a change.  Enabling this\nis strongly advised! See vgcfgbackup(8) for more information.\n\n--commandprofile String\nThe command profile to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more infor‐\nmation about profiles.\n\n--config String\nConfig settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) settings.  The String  arg\nuses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5)\nfor more information about config.\n",
                        "flag": "-A",
                        "long": "--autobackup"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "-d --debug",
                        "content": "Set  debug  level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to\nthe log file and/or syslog (if configured).\n\n--devices PV\nRestricts the devices that are visible and accessible to  the  command.   Devices  not\nlisted will appear to be missing. This option can be repeated, or accepts a comma sep‐\narated list of devices. This overrides the devices file.\n\n--devicesfile String\nA  file listing devices that LVM should use.  The file must exist in /etc/lvm/devices/\nand is managed with the lvmdevices(8) command.  This  overrides  the  lvm.conf(5)  de‐\nvices/devicesfile and devices/usedevicesfile settings.\n\n--driverloaded y|n\nIf  set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and de‐\nbugging.\n",
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                        "name": "-f --force",
                        "content": "Override various checks, confirmations and protections.  Use with extreme caution.\n",
                        "flag": "-f",
                        "long": "--force"
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                    {
                        "name": "-h --help",
                        "content": "Display help text.\n\n--journal String\nRecord information in the systemd journal.  This information is in addition to  infor‐\nmation enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal setting.  command: record information about\nthe  command.   output: record the default command output.  debug: record full command\ndebugging.\n\n--lockopt String\nUsed to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐\ntion.\n",
                        "flag": "-h",
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                        "name": "--longhelp",
                        "content": "Display long help text.\n",
                        "long": "--longhelp"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "--nohints",
                        "content": "Do not use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. A command may read  more  devices\nto find PVs when hints are not used. The command will still perform standard hint file\ninvalidation where appropriate.\n",
                        "long": "--nohints"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "--nohistory",
                        "content": "Do  not record history of LVs being removed.  This has no effect unless the configura‐\ntion setting metadata/recordlvshistory is enabled.\n",
                        "long": "--nohistory"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "--nolocking",
                        "content": "Disable locking. Use with caution, concurrent commands may produce incorrect  results.\n\n",
                        "long": "--nolocking"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "--noudevsync",
                        "content": "Disables  udev  synchronisation. The process will not wait for notification from udev.\nIt will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing in the background.  Only\nuse this if udev is not running or has rules that ignore the devices LVM creates.\n\n--profile String\nAn alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.\n",
                        "long": "--noudevsync"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "-q --quiet",
                        "content": "Suppress  output  and  log  messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to\nalso suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.\n\n--reportformat basic|json\nOverrides current output format for reports which  is  defined  globally  by  the  re‐\nport/outputformat  setting in lvm.conf(5).  basic is the original format with columns\nand rows.  If there is more than one report per command, each report is prefixed  with\nthe  report  name  for identification. json produces report output in JSON format. See\nlvmreport(7) for more information.\n",
                        "flag": "-q",
                        "long": "--quiet"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "-S --select _",
                        "content": "Select objects for processing and reporting based on specified criteria.  The criteria\nsyntax is described by --select help and lvmreport(7).  For  reporting  commands,  one\nrow is displayed for each object matching the criteria.  See --options help for selec‐\ntable  object  fields.   Rows can be displayed with an additional \"selected\" field (-o\nselected) showing 1 if the row matches the selection and 0 otherwise.  For non-report‐\ning commands which process LVM entities, the selection is  used  to  choose  items  to\nprocess.\n",
                        "flag": "-S",
                        "long": "--select"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "-t --test",
                        "content": "Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is implemented by disabling\nall  metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This\nmay lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on read‐\ning back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.\n",
                        "flag": "-t",
                        "long": "--test"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "-v --verbose",
                        "content": "Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to\nstdout and stderr.\n",
                        "flag": "-v",
                        "long": "--verbose"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "--version",
                        "content": "Display version information.\n",
                        "long": "--version"
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "-y --yes",
                        "content": "Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume  the  answer  yes.  Use\nwith extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)\n",
                        "flag": "-y",
                        "long": "--yes"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "VARIABLES": {
                "content": "VG     Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.\n\nLV     Logical  Volume name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.  An LV positional arg generally in‐\ncludes the VG name and LV name, e.g. VG/LV.\n\nTag    Tag name.  See lvm(8) for information about tag names and using tags in place of a VG,\nLV or PV.\n\nSelect Select indicates that a required positional parameter can be omitted if  the  --select\noption is used.  No arg appears in this position.\n\nString See the option description for information about the string content.\n\nSize[UNIT]\nSize is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always treated\nas base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.\nThe  default  input  unit  is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT represents\nother possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M\nis MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This should not be  confused\nwith the output control --units, where capital letters mean multiple of 1000.)\n",
                "subsections": []
            },
            "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES": {
                "content": "See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.  For example, LVMVGNAME\ncan generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.\n",
                "subsections": []
            },
            "EXAMPLES": {
                "content": "Remove an active LV without asking for confirmation.",
                "subsections": [
                    {
                        "name": "lvremove -f vg00/lvol1",
                        "content": "Remove all LVs the specified VG."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "lvremove vg00",
                        "content": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            "SEE ALSO": {
                "content": "lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),\n\npvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8), pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8),\npvscan(8),\n\nvgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8), vgconvert(8),\nvgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8), vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8),\nvgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8), vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8),\nvgsplit(8),\n\nlvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8), lvreduce(8), lvremove(8),\nlvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),\n\nlvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),\n\ndmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8), lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),\n\nlvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)\n\nRed Hat, Inc.                     LVM TOOLS 2.03.16(2) (2022-05-18)                      LVREMOVE(8)",
                "subsections": []
            }
        }
    }
}