Destroying a Dynamic Disk Group




	CAUTION: Destroying a dynamic disk group can result in data loss.

The Destroy Dynamic Disk Group procedure permanently removes a dynamic disk group from VxVM control. This procedure also reinitializes all of the disks in the dynamic disk group as empty disks and places them in the free disk pool for reuse.

Destroy a dynamic disk group only if you are sure that you no longer need the volumes and data in the dynamic disk group. Since the last disk in a dynamic disk group cannot be removed, destroying a dynamic disk group is useful for freeing the last disk in a dynamic disk group for reuse.

Procedure 3-24 To destroy a dynamic disk group

Right-click on the appropriate host machine node.
Choose Destroy Dynamic Disk Group.
Complete the Destroy Dynamic Disk Group dialog box as follows:
Disk Group Name:
Enter the name of the dynamic disk group to be destroyed.
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click OK.




	NOTE: Use the Destroy Dynamic Disk Group task with caution. Destroying a dynamic disk group permanently removes the dynamic disk group from VxVM control and can result in data loss. When a dynamic disk group is destroyed, its disks are returned to the free disk pool. Any volumes in the dynamic disk group are removed. The rootdg disk group cannot be destroyed. A dynamic disk group cannot be destroyed if any volumes in that dynamic disk group are in use (open) and/or contain mounted file systems.

Destroying a Dynamic Disk Group

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