VGREDUCE(8)							  VGREDUCE(8)



NAME
       vgreduce - reduce a volume group

SYNOPSIS
       vgreduce	 [-a/--all] [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help]
       [--removemissing] [-t/--test] [-v/--verbose]  VolumeGroupName  [Physi-
       calVolumePath...]

DESCRIPTION
       vgreduce allows you to remove one or more unused physical volumes from
       a volume group.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

       -a, --all
	      Removes all empty physical volumes if none are given on command
	      line.

       --removemissing
	      Removes  all missing physical volumes from the volume group and
	      makes the volume group consistent again.

	      It's a good idea to run this option with --test first  to	 find
	      out what it would remove before running it for real.

	      Any logical volumes and dependent snapshots that were partly on
	      the missing disks get removed completely. This  includes	those
	      parts that lie on disks that are still present.

	      If  your	logical	 volumes  spanned several disks including the
	      ones that are lost, you might want to try to salvage data first
	      by  activating your logical volumes with --partial as described
	      in lvm (8).


SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), vgextend(8)



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UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. more
2. lvm
3. as