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Moving volumes from a VM disk

Before you disable or remove a disk, you can move the data from that disk to other disks on the system that have sufficient space.

 To move volumes from a disk

1. Select menu item 6 (Move volumes from a disk) from the vxdiskadm main menu.
2. At the following prompt, enter the disk name of the disk whose volumes you wish to move, as follows:

   Move volumes from a disk

   Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/Evacuate

   Use this menu operation to move any volumes that are using a
   disk onto other disks. Use this menu immediately prior to
   removing a disk, either permanently or for replacement. You

   can specify a list of disks to move volumes onto, or you can

   move the volumes to any available disk space in the same disk

   group.

   NOTE: Simply moving volumes off of a disk, without also

   removing the disk, does not prevent volumes from being moved

   onto the disk by future operations. For example, using two

   consecutive move operations may move volumes from the

   second disk to the first.

   Enter disk name [<disk>,list,q,?] mydg01

   You can now optionally specify a list of disks to which the volume(s) should be moved:

   VxVM INFO V-5-2-516 You can now specify a list of disks to move

   onto. Specify a list of disk media names (e.g., mydg01) all on

   one line separated by blanks. If you do not enter any disk

   media names, then the volumes will be moved to any available

   space in the disk group.

   At the prompt, press Return to move the volumes onto available space in the disk group, or specify the disks in the disk group that should be used:

   Enter disks [<disk ...>,list]

   VxVM NOTICE V-5-2-283 Requested operation is to move all

   volumes from disk mydg01 in group mydg.

   NOTE: This operation can take a long time to complete.

   Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)

   As the volumes are moved from the disk, the vxdiskadm program displays the status of the operation:

   VxVM vxevac INFO V-5-2-24 Move volume voltest ...

   When the volumes have all been moved, the vxdiskadm program displays the following success message:

   VxVM INFO V-5-2-188 Evacuation of disk mydg02 is complete.

3. At the following prompt, indicate whether you want to move volumes from another disk (y) or return to the vxdiskadm main menu (n):

   Move volumes from another disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)