Process to remove missing disk from LVM configuration.
In this article we will see how to remove physical volume from volume group when disk is removed from server. Normally, you need to remove disk from volume group first using vgreduce and then remove disk physically. But in some cases where disk went bad or you accidentally remove disk from server before you remove from VG, PV status will be shown as unknown in vgdisplay
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