HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software - Manual (Page 243)

3. Creating an HDLM Environment
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VxVM of 3.13.3 Removing Devices from VxVM.
6. Execute the
vxdmpadm
command on the HDLM devices listed by the
vxdisk
command. A list of devices that access the same LU is displayed. Execute the
vxdmpadm
command on each of the devices listed by the
vxdisk
command.
The following shows an example of executing the command:
If any non-HDLM devices are
ENABLED
, perform the procedure described in
(4) Actions To Be Taken if an sd or ssd Device Has Not Been Suppressed from
VxVM of 3.13.3 Removing Devices from VxVM to set up
vxvm.exclude
again.
When the execution result of the
vxdmpadm
command is the status shown in
Table 3-31: When setup of vxvm.exclude is unnecessary, you do not need to set
up
vxvm.exclude
.
Table 3-31: When setup of vxvm.exclude is unnecessary
7. If you have set up
vxvm.exclude
again, execute the following command to
restart the host and apply the setting.
# reboot
If you did not set
vxvm.exclude
, go to step 8.
8. Use the
vxdiskadm
utility of VxVM to check the suppression settings.
Start the utility and select menu task
19
(
List currently suppressed/
non-multipathed devices
) from the
vxdiskadm
main menu. A list of
suppressed devices is displayed.
Display of the vxdmpadm command Why suppression is unnecessary
HDLM devices are not displayed. They are non-HDLM-managed devices such as a built-in disk.
Only HDLM devices are displayed. Among the devices corresponding to HDLM-managed devices,
the non-HDLM devices have been successfully removed from
VxVM.
Devices other than HDLM devices are
DISABLED
.
Among the devices corresponding to HDLM-managed devices,
the non-HDLM devices have been successfully removed from
VxVM (
DISABLED
is displayed because the host has not been
restarted after setup).