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Deporting a disk group

Deporting a disk group disables access to a disk group that is currently enabled (imported) by the 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

  1. Stop all activity by applications to volumes that are configured in the disk group that is to be deported. Unmount file systems and shut down databases that are configured on the volumes.

    Deportation fails if the disk group contains volumes that are in use (for example, by mounted file systems or databases).

  2. Use the following command to stop the volumes in the disk group:

    # vxvol -g diskgroup stopall

  3. Select menu item 9 (Remove access to (deport) a disk group) from the vxdiskadm main menu.
  4. 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

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

    VxVM INFO V-5-2-377 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

  6. 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:

VxVM INFO V-5-2-269 Removal of disk group newdg was

successful.

  1. 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)

    Alternatively, you can use the vxdg command to deport a disk group:

    # vxdg deport diskgroup