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Deleting a Logical Drive or Logical Volume

Use this option to delete one or more logical drives or logical volumes from an existing configuration of RAID sets.

NOTE: Before you can delete a logical drive or logical volume, you need to delete all assigned LUNs.

  1. Select the array that contains the logical drives or logical volumes you want to delete.

  2. To view the existing logical drives or logical volumes, choose View > Logical Drive.

  3. If any of the logical drives have host LUN assignments, proceed to Step 4 to delete them; if they do not, proceed to Step 8.
  4. Choose Configuration > Custom Configure.
  5. Select Change Host LUN Assignments.
  6. Select the host LUNs attached to the logical drive or logical volume you want to unmap and click Unmap Host LUN.
  7. Click Close.

    The console refreshes and the logical drive is displayed as "UNMAPPED."
  8. Choose Configuration > Custom Configure.
  9. Select Manage Existing LDs/LVs and Partitions.
  10. Select the LDs/LVs tab.
  11. Select the logical drive or logical volume you want to delete, click Delete, and click OK.
  12. When deleting a logical volume, after you click Delete, the logical volume is deleted, but the logical drives that make up the logical drive are displayed.

  13. Click OK in the Confirm Configuration Operation window to complete the operation, and click Close.
  14. (HP-UX OS only). To ensure the environment is stable and accurate after making configuration changes, you need to run the ioscan -fnC disk command.

    NOTE: If you used System Administrator Manager (SAM) to unmount the file system, make sure it is closed before running the ioscan command.

  15. (IBM AIX OS only). To ensure that the environment is stable and accurate after making configuration changes, you need to update the Object Data Manager (ODM) as explained in Updating the Object Data Manager on an IBM AIX Host.

The Logical Drive/Logical Volume Number

For important information regarding the logical drive number displayed in the LD field in the Manage Existing LDs/LVs and Partitions window, see The Logical Drive/Logical Volume Number.

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