Remove Logical Volume

[grechos]

Hi Everybody
I would like to remove an logical Volume,but during this action sam told me that it is unpossible to remove this Volume because the Volume is busy

I cannot detect any process which are using the volume which i wanted to remove

Has anybody of an Idea want happend


Kindest regards


Grechos

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Grechos,

Try it from the command line.

# umount /filesystem

# lvremove /dev/vgxx/lvoly

and remove the line from the /etc/fstab.

Robert-Jan

[Court Campbell]

type bdf and make sure that the volume is not mounted. then type swapinfo and make sure the volume isn't being used for swap.

[Fabian Briseño]

Hello. Grechos

make sure you are not or anybody else is not on that lvol

for example
hostname:/etc>

[DCE]

fuser will tell you who/what is using the lvol (man fuser)

[Ralph Grothe]

# lvremove -f /dev/vgXX/lvolXX

should remove the volume (with data loss) without much ado.
So be sure you don't need the data on the volume anymore or have a working backup.
Also note that a volume doesn't necessarily need to have a mounted filesystem to be active.
Just think about swap devices or raw devices that databases write to.
So be extra cautious with those.

[Chandan Kumar_1]

Hi,

Check this...

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/lvremove.1M.html

[grechos]

Helo again
well if i type
root@xxxxx/usr/sbin > ./fuser -cu /backup
OUTPUT:
/backup: 5730o(root) 18776c(root)
what can i do with this information

[Court Campbell]

Helo again
well if i type
root@xxxxx/usr/sbin > ./fuser -cu /backup
OUTPUT:
/backup: 5730o(root) 18776c(root)
what can i do with this information

ps -ef | grep 5730
ps -ef | grep 18776

this will give you more info on the processes. If they aren't anything crucial you can kill the processes. Or use fuser -ku. Just be careful.

[grechos]

hi people
i dint solve the Problem because i have to aducated some users they have to end the session on clear
:-)
And i inform you over the Problem i think on Friday but if any of you knows more informations then fell free and write it down


HAppy day

[DCE]

When you are issuing the commands, are you in the directory? Just by being in it, the directory by definition is busy

[Court Campbell]

well unless your users usually su to root or logon as root, it is more than likely that you are running the process and or in the directory as already mentioned.