.TH VGREDUCE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
vgreduce \- reduce a volume group
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgreduce
[\-a/\-\-all] [\-A/\-\-autobackup y/n] [\-d/\-\-debug] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
[\-v/\-\-verbose] VolumeGroupName
[PhysicalVolumePath...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
vgreduce allows you to remove one or more unused physical volumes
from a volume group.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
.TP
.I \-a, \-\-all
Removes all empty physical volumes if none are given on command line.
.TP
.I \-A, \-\-autobackup y/n
Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see
.B vgcfgbackup(8)
). Default is yes.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8), 
.BR vgextend (8)