lvremove failed with error " Logical volume vgname/lvname contains a filesystem in use."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Not able to remove unounted logical volume.
  • lvremove failed with below error.
# lvremove /dev/mapper/testvg-testlv
  Logical volume testvg-testlv contains a filesystem in use.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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