VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Disk Tasks
Removing Disks
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as free space for the creation of Volume Manager objects within its disk
group. If necessary, you can free a spare disk for general use by removing
it from the pool of hot-relocation disks.
To determine which disks are currently designated as spares, use the
following command:
# vxdisk list
The output of this command lists any spare disks with the spare flag.
To remove a spare from the hot-relocation pool, use the following
command:
# vxedit set spare=off diskname
For example, to make disk01 available for normal use, use the following
command:
# vxedit set spare=off disk01