VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (September 2004)

Disk Tasks
Removing a Disk from a Dynamic Disk Group
Chapter 366
Removing a Disk from a Dynamic Disk Group
You can remove a disk from a dynamic disk group if there are no volumes
on the disk. If volumes exist, you must delete them before you can revert
the disk. Disks shown in Volume Manager to be Unreadable as well as
Foreign can be removed, but doing so causes you to lose all existing data
on the disk that is removed from the group. If a disk has failed and is
marked as Missing, you can also remove it from the dynamic disk group.
To remove a disk from a dynamic disk group, use the Remove Disk
from Dynamic Disk Group command.
NOTE You cannot remove the last disk from a disk group.
The steps for removing a disk from a dynamic disk group are as
follows:
Step 1. Right-click on the selected disk or on the Dynamic Disk Group and select
Remove Disk from Dynamic Disk Group.
Step 2. The first screen of the Remove Disk wizard appears. Click Next to
continue.
Step 3. Make sure the proper disk or disks that you want to remove are showing
in the right pane of the window and click Next to continue.
The Remove Disk from Dynamic Disk Group procedure removes the disk
from VxVM control. If the disk to be removed contains volumes, you
must evacuate the disk before you remove the disk.
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
click OK.
NOTE
• If the disk contains a volume that has only one mirror and either has
a mounted file system or is used as a swap area, you must evacuate
the disk before you remove it.