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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).