VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Administrator's Guide

Administering Volumes
Removing a RAID-5 Log
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Removing a RAID-5 Log
To identify the plex of the RAID-5 log, use the following command:
# vxprint -ht volume
where volume is the name of the RAID-5 volume. For a RAID-5 log, the
output lists a plex with a STATE field entry of LOG.
To dissociate and remove a RAID-5 log and any associated subdisks from
an existing volume, use the following command:
# vxplex -o rm dis plex
For example, to dissociate and remove the log plex volraid-02 from
volraid, use the following command:
# vxplex -o rm dis volraid-02
You can also remove a RAID-5 log with the vxassist command, as follows:
# vxassist remove log volume [nlog=n]
Use the optional attribute nlog=n to specify the number, n, of logs to be
removed. By default, the vxassist command removes one log.
NOTE When removing the log leaves the volume with less than two valid logs, a
warning is printed and the operation is not allowed to continue. The
operation may be forced by additionally specifying the -f option to vxplex
or vxassist.