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