File system removal hpux 11.0

[vaman]

How can I remove a file system to get the space back.the fstype is vxfs

[John Poff]

Hi,

Unmount the filesystem (if it is mounted) and then do an 'lvremove' on the logical volume.

JP

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Vaman,

# umount /mount_point
# lvremove /dev/vgxx/lvolx

and remove the corresponding line from the /etc/fstab

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

What is wrong with the previous answers.

you do a "umount /mount_point" to unmount the filesystem
The do a "lvremove /dev/vg_name/lv_name" to remove the LV.

If the unmount fails with the busy command,

do a "fuser -cu /mount_point" to check the processes using the filesystem and if you want to kill them, do "fuser -ck /mount_point". the n do the umount and all.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Chris Fadrowski]

you can also do the lvremove then then do a vgexport to get rid of the VG physically and from the system. It will leave no trace.