lvreduce returns "Cannot remove final metadata area on "/dev/sdx" from "VG"

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Issue

  • lvreduce returns Cannot remove final metadata area on "/dev/sdx" from "VG"
  • Unable to reduce LVM Physical Volume (PV) from Volume Group (VG)
  • Have extended existing VG onto new PV and need to remove old PV, but cannot reduce the old PV from the volume group

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • LVM2 lvreduce command
  • Volume Group with more than one PV

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