VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Removing a Mirror From a Volume
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Removing a Mirror From a Volume
Caution Removing a mirror can result in loss of data redundancy.
The Mirror Remove procedure removes a mirror from its volume. This procedure breaks
the link between the mirror and its volume and returns the mirror disk space to the free
space pool for reuse. You can remove an extra mirror from a volume to make the
underlying disk space available for use elsewhere. However, this may leave the volume
unmirrored and unprotected against disk failure.
▼ To remove a mirror from a volume
1. Select the volume that contains the mirror to be removed.
2. Choose Actions > Mirror > Remove.
3. Complete the Remove Mirror dialog box as follows:
Volume Name: If the correct volume name does not already display in this field,
enter the volume name or select the volume from the drop-down
menu.
Removal Method: Specify the mirrors and/or number of mirrors to be removed:
- To specify how many mirrors should be removed, select By
Quantity/Disk. Enter the number of mirrors to be removed in
the Mirror quantity field.
- To specify the disks on which mirrors should be preserved,
select By quantity/disk.
- Specify the names of disks or mirrors to be removed from the
list of available disks or mirrors.