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.