Unable to remove a VG or LV when underlying PV or disk is missing and deleted

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Underlying storage disk is already removed but when the VG and LV need to be deleted getting error:

 vgreduce --removemissing someVG
  Couldn't find device with uuid abcDEF-rCvl-QWft-qUse-rFq1-weQSTs-0vihJl.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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