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Steps / sequence to remove the symdevs assigned to a windows host?
Hi Folks ,
Is there particular steps / sequence to remove the symdevs assigned to a windows host?
thanks in advance
Rajesh
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Hi Folks ,
Is there particular steps / sequence to remove the symdevs assigned to a windows host?
thanks in advance
Rajesh
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dynamox
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December 9th, 2009 08:00
if drive letter was never assigned, there is really nothing to delete ..you could delete partition if there was one. Your steps look good:
1) unmask
2) clean PowerPath (powermt check)
3) unmap from FA
4) unzone
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December 9th, 2009 07:00
Stop I/O to each LUN that's going to be removed.
Remove drive letter.
Unmask LUN.
Rescan on the Windows host or reboot to get a clean host without any remaining pointers to the old drives.
Unmap the SymDEV / META, but that's up to your specific environment. some companies leave unused LUN's attached to the FA's for later reuse. I always unmapped them.
Clean up your documentation.
RajeshUnni
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December 9th, 2009 08:00
thanks dynamox .. i just wonder , is there any primus regarding this ?
RajeshUnni
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December 9th, 2009 08:00
Thanks RRR ,
Is this also same if i want to remove an entire storage( Array ) from a windows host . Suppose in windows host we not assigned any drive letter to a physical drive , is that safe to unmask & remove the zones ? Is there any method to delete a physical drive from disk manager?
Thanks in advance
Rajesh
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December 9th, 2009 09:00