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0ur0b0r0s

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Registered: 2022-04-26

Posts: 2

Can't remove host LVM storage pool in libvirt

Hello all,

I was setting up QEMU/KVM/libvirt and I was experimenting with storage pools in virt-manager.
My host machine is on volume group split into three logical volumes (root,home,swap). I assigned this main volume group as a storage pool, and now I can't remove it.

I tried destroying the pool with virsh but received the expected "Can't deactivate volume group "vg" with 3 open logical volume(s)". I get a similar error message for similar commands.

I don't want to destroy the volume groups (obviously, cataclysmic), but I don't want them as storage pools in libvirt.

Do I have to boot from live usb when these aren't mounted and somehow disable them? Or are there just some configuration files I can alter?

richardm

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Registered: 2023-02-19

Posts: 7

Re: Can't remove host LVM storage pool in libvirt

Did you ever find a way to do this?  Libvirt storage pools are a headache and I don't need them. Just let me stick my VM's in folder and be done with it.