[linux-lvm] vgchange -an question with disconnected disks

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 10:06:47AM -0800, John DeFranco wrote:
> My question is that is there a 
> way to force the deactivation to occur in this case?
 
Not from lvm2 unless you restore the metadata from a backup
first.

To remove the logical volumes from the kernel, use 'dmsetup'.
List what's there: dmsetup info -c
*After* ensuring the open count is 0, remove individually
with 'dmsetup remove' or all at once with 'dmsetup remove_all'.

Alasdair
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