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3.

In the Remove Hosts dialog box, select one or more options from the following:

• Remove only selected hosts
• Unallocate volumes and remove hosts

When you unallocate the volumes that are used by the selected hosts and clean up the volumes,
select from the following:

• Delete associated host groups
• Delete associated volumes
• Shred associated volumes

NOTE:

Shred during off hours, such as overnight, so that the shredding process does not adversely
affect system performance. To verify the standard required times for shredding, see the

HP

XP7 Volume Shredder for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide.

• Release LUSE volumes
• Delete virtual LDEV ID. This applies when managing resources that have virtual IDs set.

4.

Click Plan Details to confirm that the information about associated resources is correct.

5.

(Optional) Update the task name and provide a description.

6.

(Optional) Expand Schedule to specify the task schedule.

You can schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting is Now. If the task is
scheduled to run immediately, you can select View task status to monitor the task after it is
submitted.

7.

Click Submit.

If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the process begins.

8.

(Optional) Check the progress and result of the task on the Tasks & Alerts tab. Click the task
name to view details of the task.

When the task completes, the host is removed and the selected associated storage resources are
released.

Related topics

About removing hosts and releasing associated resources

, page 56

Discovering, registering, and adding management targets

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