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111Administering disks
Removing disks
Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)
The vxdiskadm utility removes the disk from the disk group and displays
the following success message:
VxVM INFO V-5-2-268 Removal of disk mydg01 is complete.
You can now remove the disk or leave it on your system as a replacement.
5 At the following prompt, indicate whether you want to remove other disks
(y) or return to the vxdiskadm main menu (n):
Remove another disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)
Removing a disk with subdisks
You can remove a disk on which some subdisks are defined. For example, you
can consolidate all the volumes onto one disk. If you use the vxdiskadm
program to remove a disk, you can choose to move volumes off that disk. To do
this, run the vxdiskadm program and select item 2 (Remove a disk) from
the main menu.
If the disk is used by some subdisks, the following message is displayed:
VxVM ERROR V-5-2-369 The following volumes currently use part of
disk mydg02:
home usrvol
Volumes must be moved from mydg02 before it can be removed.
Move volumes to other disks? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)
If you choose y, then all subdisks are moved off the disk, if possible. Some
subdisks are not movable. A subdisk may not be movable for one of the following
reasons:
■ There is not enough space on the remaining disks in the subdisk’s disk
group.
■ Plexes or striped subdisks cannot be allocated on different disks from
existing plexes or striped subdisks in the volume.
If the vxdiskadm program cannot move some subdisks, remove some plexes
from some disks to free more space before proceeding with the disk removal
operation. See “Removing a volume” on page 290 and “Taking plexes offline” on
page 230 for information on how to remove volumes and plexes.