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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.
- Select the array that contains the logical
drives or logical volumes you want to delete.
To view the existing logical drives or
logical volumes, choose View > Logical Drive.
- 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.
- Choose Configuration > Custom Configure.
- Select Change Host LUN Assignments.
- Select the host LUNs attached to the logical
drive or logical volume you want to unmap and click Unmap Host LUN.
- Click Close.
The console refreshes and the logical drive is displayed as "UNMAPPED."
- Choose Configuration > Custom Configure.
- Select Manage Existing LDs/LVs and
Partitions.
- Select the LDs/LVs tab.
- Select the logical drive or logical volume
you want to delete, click Delete, and click OK.
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.
- Click OK in the Confirm Configuration
Operation window to complete the operation, and click Close.
- (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.
- (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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