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11 dlmrmdev utility for deleting hdlm drivers, 1 format, 2 parameters – HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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7. Utility Reference

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7.11 dlmrmdev Utility for Deleting HDLM Drivers

This utility deletes hdisks or changes the status of hdisks to

Defined

according to the

parameter settings. When all the hdisks recognized as HDLM management-target

devices have been successfully deleted or changed to

Defined

, the HDLM manager

stops.
Note that the hdisk recognized as a boot disk will not be deleted or changed to

Defined

.

7.11.1 Format

/usr/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmrmdev [[-e | -f] [-A [-s]] | -h]

7.11.2 Parameters

-e

Changes the status of hdisks recognized as HDLM-managed devices to

Defined

.

-f

Deletes all hdisks recognized as devices that are either managed by HDLM or

intended to be managed by HDLM.

-A

Unmounts file systems and deactivates volume groups that are being used by

HDLM before deleting the hdisks that are recognized as HDLM

management-target devices or changing the status of those hdisks to

Defined

.

-s

Prevents the confirmation message for unmounting and deactivating the volume

groups, when the

-A

parameter is specified.

-h

Displays the format of the

dlmrmdev

utility.

Note

Before executing the

dlmrmdev

utility, stop all processes and services using the paths

managed by HDLM. If you execute the

dlmrmdev

utility without stopping the

processes and services that are using the paths managed by HDLM, hdisks recognized

as HDLM management-target devices might not be deleted completely or changed to

the

Defined

status

Examples

In the following example, the utility unmounts the file system used by HDLM,