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9.8. Removing a logical volume

A logical volume must be closed before it can be removed:


# umount /dev/myvg/homevol
# lvremove /dev/myvg/homevol


lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/myvg/homevol"? [y/n]: 


y



lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "myvg"
lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/myvg/homevol" successfully removed

            


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