Deporting a Disk Group

Use the deport disk group task to disable access to a disk group that is currently enabled (imported) by this system. Deport a disk group if you intend to move the disks in a disk group to another system. Also, deport a disk group if you want to use all of the disks remaining in a disk group for a new purpose.

To deport a disk group, use the following procedure:

Select menu item 8 (Remove access to (deport) a disk group) from the vxdiskadm main menu.

At the following prompt, enter the name of the disk group to be deported (in this example, newdg):

		Remove access to (deport) a disk group
		Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/DeportDiskGroup
 
		Use this menu operation to remove access to a disk group that is
		currently enabled (imported) by this system. Deport a disk
		group if you intend to move the disks in a disk group to another
 		system. Also, deport a disk group if you want to use all of the
 		disks remaining in a disk group for some new purpose.
 
		You will be prompted for the name of a disk group. You will also
 		be asked if the disks should be disabled (offlined). For
		removable disk devices on some systems, it is important to
		disable all access to the disk before removing the disk.
		Enter name of disk group [<group>,list,q,?] (default: list)
 		newdg

At the following prompt, enter y if you intend to remove the disks in this disk group:

		The requested operation is to disable access to the removable
		disk group named newdg. This disk group is stored on the
		following disks:
   		  newdg01 on device c1t1d0
		You can choose to disable access to (also known as "offline")
		these disks. This may be necessary to prevent errors if
		you actually remove any of the disks from the system.
		Disable (offline) the indicated disks? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) y

At the following prompt, press Return to continue with the operation:
Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)
Once the disk group is deported, the vxdiskadm utility displays the following message:
Removal of disk group newdg was successful.
At the following prompt, indicate whether you want to disable another disk group (y) or return to the vxdiskadm main menu (n):
Disable another disk group? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)

Deporting a Disk Group

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