[linux-lvm] Question re: deleting an LV...

[Tanstaafl]

On 2014-01-06 11:40 AM, Guy Rouillier <guy.rouillier at gmail.com> wrote:
> I learned via this mailing list that lvremove just updates metadata to
> make the space available again, but doesn't remove the filesystem in the
> LV.  So if you were to recreate the exact same LV you just removed, the
> filesystem would still be there.  My situation was unusual, and you
> probably won't encounter this.  But if you want to avoid that minor
> possibility, use "wipefs -a /dev/vg/snaps" before lvremove.

Thanks for the reply Guy...

I don't think this is necessary, as this space

  a) never had anything written to it, and

  b) will be used for LVM snapshots, so even if it had, it would get
     overwritten very soon.

Anyway, thanks... looking forward to getting my email rsnapshot backups 
working using LVM snapshots (for consistency - no more 'file vanished' 
messages during backups)...

Thx again

Charles