Technical information

4. Obtain a value for volume_path from the vgdisplay -v command. A
volume_path
in the above display is /dev/vg00/lvo11.
5. Enter the following command to determine if the disk being replaced is mirrored or
nonmirrored:
/sbin/lvdisplay lv_name
where lv_name
is the path name obtained in Step 4. Repeat for each logical volume.
The display is shown in the following format.
Sample Screen (partial):
The Mirror copies field shows how many mirrors the disk has (0, 1, or 2).
6. If the disk being replaced is a mirrored LVM disk, remove mirroring for all logical
volumes by entering:
lvreduce -m 0 lv_path pv_path
lv_path is the block device path name of the logical volume and pv_path is the
pathname of the physical volume (the disk to be replaced). Repeat this command for each
logical volume.
7. Remove the disk from its volume group by entering the following command:
vgreduce vg_name pv_path
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