How to manually destroy an LVM volume other than using lvm commands such as 'lvremove' etc.. ?

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  • Is it possible to remove a logical volume from a RHEL machine, along with the volume groups and physical volumes without using any 'lvm' commands ?

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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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