VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Disk Tasks
Disconnecting a Disk
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Disconnecting a Disk
This procedure disconnects a Volume Manager disk from its underlying
physical disk. You can disconnect a disk in preparation for the
replacement of a physical disk. After disconnecting a disk, you can use
the Replace Disk task to reconnect the disk (see “Replacing a Disk”).
To disconnect a disk
Step 1. Select the disk to be disconnected.
Step 2. Choose Hosts > Disconnect Disk (Selected menu) or Disk Disconnect
(Command Launcher).
Step 3. Complete the Disconnect Disk dialog box as follows:
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
click OK.
Disk: If the correct disk name is not already displayed in this
field, type the disk’s name or click Browse to select the
disk.
Notes:
• This task requires a disk name.
• Disconnecting a disk that contains volumes can result in loss of data
or redundancy.