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Destroy a Dynamic Volume

When a dynamic volume is destroyed, the filesystem on that volume, and

any persistent mounts for the filesystem, are also destroyed. Before

destroying a dynamic volume, be sure that the filesystem is no longer

needed or has been copied or backed up to another location. The

filesystem must be unmounted when you perform this operation.

To destroy a dynamic volume from the Management Console, select

Storage > Dynamic Volume > Destroy Volume. On the Destroy Dynamic

Volume window, select the volume that you want to destroy and click

either OK or APPLY.

To destroy a dynamic volume from the command line, use the following

command:

mx dynvolume destroy <volumeName>

Recreate a Dynamic Volume

Occasionally you may want to recreate a dynamic volume. For example,

you might want to implement striping on a concatenated volume or, if a

striped dynamic volume has been extended, you might want to recreate

the volume to place all of the subdevices in the same stripe set.

When a dynamic volume is recreated, the Volume Manager first destroys

the volume and then creates it again using the subdevices and options

that you select. When the volume is destroyed, any filesystem on that

volume is also removed. Before recreating a volume, be sure that the

filesystem is no longer needed or has been copied or backed up to