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 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):

   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:

   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.

7. 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