.TH VGREMOVE 8 "LVM TOOLS" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
vgremove \- remove a volume group
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vgremove
[\-d/\-\-debug] [\-f/\-\-force] [\-h/\-?/\-\-help]
[\-t/\-\-test] [\-v/\-\-verbose]
VolumeGroupName [VolumeGroupName...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
vgremove allows you to remove one or more volume groups.
If one or more physical volumes in the volume group are lost,
consider \fBvgreduce --removemissing\fP to make the volume group
metadata consistent again.
.sp
If there are logical volumes that exist in the volume group,
a prompt will be given to confirm removal.  You can override
the prompt with \fB-f\fP.
.SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
.TP
.BR \-f ", " \-\-force
Force the removal of any logical volumes on the volume group
without confirmation.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lvm (8), 
.BR lvremove (8), 
.BR vgcreate (8), 
.BR vgreduce (8)