.TH PVREMOVE 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
pvremove \- remove a physical volume
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pvremove
.RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
.RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
.RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
.RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
.RB [ \-\-version ]
.RB [ \-f [ f ]| \-\-force 
.RB [ \-\-force ]]
.RB [ \-y | \-\-yes ]
.I PhysicalVolume
.RI [ PhysicalVolume ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
pvremove wipes the label on a device so that LVM will no longer
recognise it as a physical volume.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP(8) for common options.
.TP
.BR \-ff ", " \-\-force " " \-\-force
Force the removal of a physical volume belonging to an existing volume group.
Normally \fBvgreduce\fP(8) should be used instead of this command.
You cannot remove a physical volume which in use by some active logical volume.
.TP
.BR \-y ", " \-\-yes
Answer yes to all questions.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8),
.BR pvcreate (8),
.BR pvdisplay (8),
.BR vgreduce (8)