Removing a Mirror

Removing a Mirror

VEA

• Select Actions -> Mirror-> Remove
• Remove by mirror name, quantity, or disk

vxassist remove mirror:

# vxassist –g datadg remove mirror volume [!] dm_name

Example:

# vxprint -th test1vol

Disk group: ux4devdg

V  NAME         RVG/VSET/CO  KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   READPOL   PREFPLEX UTYPE

PL NAME         VOLUME       KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   LAYOUT    NCOL/WID MODE

SD NAME         PLEX         DISK     DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

SV NAME         PLEX         VOLNAME  NVOLLAYR LENGTH   [COL/]OFF AM/NM    MODE

SC NAME         PLEX         CACHE    DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

DC NAME         PARENTVOL    LOGVOL

SP NAME         SNAPVOL      DCO

EX NAME         ASSOC        VC                       PERMS    MODE     STATE

SR NAME         KSTATE

v  test1vol     -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    -        fsgen

pl test1vol-01  test1vol     ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 CONCAT    -        RW

sd ux4devdg_62437_d00-01 test1vol-01 ux4devdg_62437_d00 0 10485760 0 TagmaStore-USP0_1 ENA

pl test1vol-02  test1vol     ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 CONCAT    -        RW

sd ux4devdg_62449_d00-01 test1vol-02 ux4devdg_62449_d00 0 10485760 0 TagmaStore-USP1_0 ENA

# vxassist -g diskgroup remove mirror volume! mirrordisk

# vxassist -g ux4devdg remove mirror test1vol !ux4devdg_62449_d00

After Removing Mirror Copy:

# vxprint -th test1vol

Disk group: ux4devdg

V  NAME         RVG/VSET/CO  KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   READPOL   PREFPLEX UTYPE

PL NAME         VOLUME       KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   LAYOUT    NCOL/WID MODE

SD NAME         PLEX         DISK     DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

SV NAME         PLEX         VOLNAME  NVOLLAYR LENGTH   [COL/]OFF AM/NM    MODE

SC NAME         PLEX         CACHE    DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

DC NAME         PARENTVOL    LOGVOL

SP NAME         SNAPVOL      DCO

EX NAME         ASSOC        VC                       PERMS    MODE     STATE

SR NAME         KSTATE

v  test1vol     -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    -        fsgen

pl test1vol-01  test1vol     ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 CONCAT    -        RW

sd ux4devdg_62437_d00-01 test1vol-01 ux4devdg_62437_d00 0 10485760 0 TagmaStore-USP0_1 ENA

To remove the plex that contains a subdisk from the disk datadg02:

# vxassist –g datadg remove mirror datavol !datadg02

To remove the plex that uses any disk except datadg02:

# vxassist –g datadg remove mirror datavol datadg02

vxplex and vxedit in sequence

# vxplex –g diskgroup dis plex_name

# vxedit –g diskgroup –rf rm plex_name

Example:

# vxprint -th test1vol

Disk group: ux4devdg

V  NAME         RVG/VSET/CO  KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   READPOL   PREFPLEX UTYPE

PL NAME         VOLUME       KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   LAYOUT    NCOL/WID MODE

SD NAME         PLEX         DISK     DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

SV NAME         PLEX         VOLNAME  NVOLLAYR LENGTH   [COL/]OFF AM/NM    MODE

SC NAME         PLEX         CACHE    DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

DC NAME         PARENTVOL    LOGVOL

SP NAME         SNAPVOL      DCO

EX NAME         ASSOC        VC                       PERMS    MODE     STATE

SR NAME         KSTATE

v  test1vol     -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    -        fsgen

pl test1vol-01  test1vol     ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 CONCAT    -        RW

sd ux4devdg_62437_d00-01 test1vol-01 ux4devdg_62437_d00 0 10485760 0 TagmaStore-USP0_1 ENA

pl test1vol-02  test1vol     ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 CONCAT    -        RW

sd ux4devdg_62449_d00-01 test1vol-02 ux4devdg_62449_d00 0 10485760 0 TagmaStore-USP1_0 ENA

# vxplex -g ux4devdg dis test1vol-02

# vxedit -g ux4devdg -r rm test1vol-02

# vxprint -th test1vol

Disk group: ux4devdg

V  NAME         RVG/VSET/CO  KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   READPOL   PREFPLEX UTYPE

PL NAME         VOLUME       KSTATE   STATE    LENGTH   LAYOUT    NCOL/WID MODE

SD NAME         PLEX         DISK     DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

SV NAME         PLEX         VOLNAME  NVOLLAYR LENGTH   [COL/]OFF AM/NM    MODE

SC NAME         PLEX         CACHE    DISKOFFS LENGTH   [COL/]OFF DEVICE   MODE

DC NAME         PARENTVOL    LOGVOL

SP NAME         SNAPVOL      DCO

EX NAME         ASSOC        VC                       PERMS    MODE     STATE

SR NAME         KSTATE

v  test1vol     -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 SELECT    -        fsgen

pl test1vol-01  test1vol     ENABLED  ACTIVE   10485760 CONCAT    -        RW

sd ux4devdg_62437_d00-01 test1vol-01 ux4devdg_62437_d00 0 10485760 0 TagmaStore-USP0_1 ENA