Removing a Disk from a Dynamic Disk Group

Procedure 3-10 The steps for removing a disk from a dynamic disk group are as follows:

1. Right-click on the selected disk or on the Dynamic Disk Group and select Remove Disk from Dynamic Disk Group.

2. The first screen of the Remove Disk wizard appears. Click Next to continue.

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. When a disk is removed from a dynamic disk group or VxVM control, the disk cannot be accessed. A disk that is in use (that is., contains volumes) must not be removed. Removing a disk with volumes can result in loss of data or data redundancy. If volumes exist on the disk to be removed, use the Evacuate Disks task to move the volumes to another disk. The last disk in a dynamic disk group cannot be removed. To remove the last disk in a dynamic disk group, the dynamic disk group must be destroyed. The last disk in the rootdg dynamic disk group can never be removed. Any non-redundant volumes on the removed disk become disabled.