Removing a LVM Volume Group in Linux

[root@host1Z1 ~]# vgdisplay

— Volume group —
VG Name               vol_grp1
System ID
Format                lvm2
Metadata Areas        1
Metadata Sequence No  165
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             resizable
MAX LV                0
Cur LV                10
Open LV               2
Max PV                0
Cur PV                1
Act PV                1
VG Size               839.84 GiB
PE Size               4.00 MiB
Total PE              214999
Alloc PE / Size       212480 / 830.00 GiB
Free  PE / Size       2519 / 9.84 GiB
VG UUID               FOtjrl-D7bL-WH71-Ls55-fDEu-7es3-mjkhAu

#   lvmdiskscan

/dev/ram0                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/sda                 [     931.51 GiB]
/dev/ram1                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/vs1003     [     120.00 GiB]
/dev/ram2                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram3                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/nteraabb9q [     120.00 GiB]
/dev/ram4                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/vs1013     [     120.00 GiB]
/dev/ram5                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram6                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/vs1014     [      60.00 GiB]
/dev/ram7                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram8                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/ntsrmdeedm [      60.00 GiB]
/dev/ram9                [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/vs1015     [     210.00 GiB]
/dev/ram10               [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram11               [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/vs1016     [     150.00 GiB]
/dev/ram12               [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram13               [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram14               [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/ram15               [      16.00 MiB]
/dev/vol_grp1/vs1017     [      70.00 GiB]
/dev/sdb1                [      78.12 GiB]
/dev/sdb2                [     839.84 GiB] LVM physical volume
/dev/sdb3                [       7.81 GiB]
3 disks
24 partitions
0 LVM physical volume whole disks
1 LVM physical volume

[root@host1AZ ~]# lvscan

ACTIVE   Original ‘/dev/vol_grp1/vs1003’ [120.00 GiB] inherit
ACTIVE            ‘/dev/vol_grp1/vs1013’ [120.00 GiB] inherit
ACTIVE   Original ‘/dev/vol_grp1/vs1014’ [60.00 GiB] inherit
ACTIVE            ‘/dev/vol_grp1/vs1015’ [210.00 GiB] inherit
inactive Original ‘/dev/vol_grp1/vs1016’ [150.00 GiB] inherit
ACTIVE   Snapshot ‘/dev/vol_grp1/ntsrmdeedm’ [25.00 GiB] inherit
ACTIVE   Snapshot ‘/dev/vol_grp1/nteraabb9q’ [25.00 GiB] inherit
ACTIVE            ‘/dev/vol_grp1/vs1017’ [70.00 GiB] inherit
inactive Snapshot ‘/dev/vol_grp1/ntdraalemj’ [25.00 GiB] inherit
inactive Snapshot ‘/dev/vol_grp1/nt0ymc1zi2’ [25.00 GiB] inherit

 

 

vgchange -ay

10 logical volume(s) in volume group “vol_grp1” now active

[root@host11Z ~]# lvchange -an /dev/vol_grp1/vs1015

[root@host144 ~]#  lvremove /dev/vol_grp1/vs1015

Logical volume “vs1015” successfully removed

 

[root@host12Z ~]# vgdisplay

— Volume group —
VG Name               vol_grp1
System ID
Format                lvm2
Metadata Areas        1
Metadata Sequence No  166
VG Access             read/write
VG Status             resizable
MAX LV                0