User`s guide

Chapter 8 Virtual Host Bus Adapters (vHBAs) 161
Note – Changing the storage configuration when using VMware might require a
rescan to discover those changes and propagate them to the ESX GUI.
Remove vHBAs Connected to Servers Using
Direct Disk Access
Use the following procedures for removing vHBAs when the host server is accessing
the storage directly. These procedures apply to regular Linux servers and to VMware
virtual Linux and Windows servers that do not use VMFS.
Note – For regular Windows servers, use the general procedure as listed in “General
Procedure” on page 158.
▼ Removing vHBAs Connected to Linux Servers
This procedure applies to regular Linux servers and to virtual Linux servers under
VMware that do not use VMFS. Use the following procedure to gracefully remove
the vHBA:
1. On the host server, stop all I/O on the vHBA that you want to remove.
2. Stop all applications that might attempt to access storage over the vHBA.
3. If you have a file system mounted, unmount the volume by using the Linux
umount command.
For example, to unmount the /home volume:
4. Remove the vHBA.
For example, to delete the vHBA named news_storage:
5. If appropriate, mount the volume by using the Linux mount command.
For example, to mount the device /deva/lun27 as /home:
umount /home
remove vhba news_storage
mount /deva/lun27 /home