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How do I remove a volume group?

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How do I remove a volume group?

Delete Volume Group(LVM) in Linux

  1. Unmount the Volume using umount command. Once you identified the mount point, you need to remove it by using umount /u01 command as shown below.
  2. Disable Logical Volume using lvchange command.
  3. Delete Logical Volume using lvremove command.
  4. Delete Volume Group using vgremove command.

How do I remove a disk from a volume group in AIX?

Examples

  1. To remove physical volume hdisk1 from volume group vg01 , enter: reducevg vg01 hdisk1.
  2. To remove physical volume hdisk1 and all residing logical volumes from volume group vg01 without user confirmation, enter the following command.

How do I delete a LVM Group?

Deleting a Logical Volume To delete a logical volume you need to first make sure the volume is unmounted, and then you can use lvremove to delete it. You can also remove a volume group once the logical volumes have been deleted and a physical volume after the volume group is deleted.

What is volume Group in AIX?

When you install a system, the first volume group (VG) is created. It is called the rootvg. Your rootvg volume group is a base set of logical volumes required to start the system. It includes paging space, the journal log, boot data, and dump storage, each on its own separate logical volume.

How do I delete a volume group on proxmox?

  1. Delete/Remove local-lvm. Before we start, make sure we login to PVE web gui, delete local-lvm from Datacenter -> Storage. Select the local-lvm, Click on “Remove” button.
  2. Use it in Proxmox. If you want to use it from PVE with ease, here is how. 2.1 Login to Proxmox web gui.
  3. To revert to lvm-thin.

How do you delete a defined disk in AIX?

# lsdev -Cc disk | grep Defined –> We should also remove Defined disks….This procedure requires a reboot to complete the process.

  1. Unmount all file systems that are part of VxVM disk groups.
  2. Deport all disk groups.
  3. Remove all disks from Veritas view:
  4. Remove all disks except rootvg and VG’s disks from AIX.

How do I remove disk from logical volume?

5.4. 2. Moving Extents to a New Disk

  1. Create a new physical volume from /dev/sdd1 .
  2. Add the new physical volume /dev/sdd1 to the existing volume group myvg .
  3. Use the pvmove command to move the data from /dev/sdb1 to /dev/sdd1 .
  4. After you have moved the data off /dev/sdb1 , you can remove it from the volume group.

How can I change the characteristics of a volume group?

You can change or display the characteristics of a volume group. To change or display a shared volume group: From the command line, enter smit cl_admin . In SMIT, select Storage > Volume Groups > Set Characteristics of a Volume Group > Change/Show characteristics of a Volume Group and press Enter.

How do you remove PV from a volume group?

Removing used PV from VG

  1. Extend the VG.
  2. Confirm the disk spaces using the pvs command.
  3. Run the pvmove command for the original PV that in this example is /dev/sdb.
  4. Reduce the VG in order to release the /dev/sdb PV.
  5. Check the /dev/sdb (origin) is completely free now.

How do I reduce physical volume in Linux?

How to Shrink an LVM Volume Safely on Linux

  1. Step 1: First take a full backup of your filesystem.
  2. Step 2:Start and force a filesystem check.
  3. Step 3:Resize your filesystem before resize your Logical Volume.
  4. Step 4: Reduce LVM size.
  5. Step 5: Re-run resize2fs.

How to delete a volume group in ODM?

You need to use reducevg to delete a volume group, as exportvg just removed the volume group definition for the ODM. Here are the steps to remove a volume group. List the current disks and volume groups. List an logical volumes in the volume group. Should return no logical volumes.

What to do when Aix LVM marks a disk as missing?

AIX LVM will mark a disk as “missing” when it cannot successfully determine if the disk belongs to the volume group that it is in. Here are some ways to diagnose this problem and some possible solutions to get the disk back in an active state again. First data gathering steps to take.

How to add hdisk22 to the volume group poolvg 0516-1254 extendvg?

Adding hdisk22 to the volume group poolvg 0516-1254 extendvg: Changing the PVID in the ODM. Listing the disks to check if hdisk22 is in the poolvg Listing the logical volumes from the volume group poolvg Checking the characteristics from hdisk22 Removing the logical volumes. Repeat with all the logical volumes

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