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vgremove - Remove VG (Volume Group)




The vgremove command is part of the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) toolset and is used to remove a Volume Group (VG) from the system. However, please note that you cannot remove a VG if there are Logical Volumes (LVs) within it that are currently mounted. You must unmount any related LVs before attempting to remove the VG. Additionally, removing a VG will result in the loss of all data within it.

The basic syntax for the vgremove command is as follows:
vgremove [OPTIONS] VG_NAME .

Here: "VG_NAME" is the name of the volume group you want to remove.

A commonly used option for the vgremove command is:
For example, to remove the volume group named myVG, you can use the following command:
# vgremove myVG

This command will remove the "myVG" volume group. Please ensure that you have backed up any important data before using this command, as all data within the VG will be lost.

The vgremove command is typically used by system administrators to clean up and manage LVM resources when they are no longer needed or to reconfigure storage setups.

For more details and additional examples of using the vgremove command in LVM, you can refer to the provided link.