Leroy Tennison
2017-Apr-23  03:47 UTC
[libvirt-users] Proper way to remove a qemu-nbd-mounted volume usnig lvm
I either haven't searched for the right thing or the web doesn't contain
the answer.
I have used the following to mount an image and now I need to know the 
proper way to reverse the process.
    qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 <qcow2 image using lvm>
    vgscan --cache    (had to use --cache to get the qemu-nbd volume to
    be recognized, lvmetad is running)
    vgchange -ay
    lvdisplay
    mount <selected qemu-nbd related 'LV Path' found from lvdisplay
    above> <mount point>
I have done the following:
    umount <mount point>
    lvchange -an <all qemu-nbd related 'LV Path's found from
lvdisplay
    above>
    vgchange -an <qemu-nbd related volume>
Now what?  How do I get the volume out of the list so I can use 
'qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0' to dis-associate the image with /dev/nbd0?  
vgreduce seems to be for volumes which have multiple underlying 
devices.  I started to use vgremove but, when it started prompting for 
confirmation about removing logical volumes, I wasn't sure exactly what 
it was going to do and responded 'no'.
If there is a web reference explaining this specific situation just 
point me to it - I'm not opposed to reading.  Thanks for the help.
