VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Disk Group Tasks
Deporting a Disk Group
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Deporting a Disk Group
Use the deport disk group task to disable access to a disk group that is
currently enabled (imported) by this system. Deport a disk group if you
intend to move the disks in a disk group to another system. Also, deport
a disk group if you want to use all of the disks remaining in a disk group
for a new purpose.
To deport a disk group, use the following procedure:
Step 1. Select menu item 8 (Remove access to (deport) a disk group)
from the vxdiskadm main menu.
Step 2. At the following prompt, enter the name of the disk group to be deported
(in this example, newdg):
Remove access to (deport) a disk group
Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/DeportDiskGroup
Use this menu operation to remove access to a disk group
that is
currently enabled (imported) by this system. Deport a
disk
group if you intend to move the disks in a disk group to
another
system. Also, deport a disk group if you want to use all
of the
disks remaining in a disk group for some new purpose.
You will be prompted for the name of a disk group. You
will also
be asked if the disks should be disabled (offlined). For
removable disk devices on some systems, it is important
to
disable all access to the disk before removing the disk.
Enter name of disk group [<group>,list,q,?] (default:
list)
newdg
Step 3. At the following prompt, enter y if you intend to remove the disks in this
disk group: