Deleting a Missing Logical Drive

Use the Delete Logical Drives option to delete a . Make sure that the missing logical drive is no longer required before you attempt to delete it, because this action permanently removes it from the configuration.


Attention:

Risk of data loss – Deleting a missing logical drive is a permanent action. Any associated , , or mappings are also deleted.


Important:

Deleting a missing logical drive removes it permanently from the configuration. Make sure that you want to delete the missing logical drive permanently before continuing.

  1. Perform one of these steps, depending on the view that you want to use to delete the missing logical drives:
  2. In the Logical pane, select a missing logical drive, and select Logical Drive >> Delete .
  3. In the text box, type yes, and click OK.The missing logical drive is deleted permanently from the configuration.
    If this was the last missing logical drive under the Missing Logical Drives group, the Missing Logical Drives group is removed, too. To complete this procedure, go to step 6.
  4. In the Defined Mappings pane, highlight the defined mapping to the missing logical drive, and select Mappings >> Remove .


    Important:

    If the selected mapping is associated with a and one or more of its hosts has specific mappings, the host group does not move back under the . However, unless specific mappings are defined for the host group or its hosts, other hosts in the do not have access to any logical drives.

  5. To remove the mapping, click Yes.
    The defined mapping to the missing logical drive is removed and does not associate with its respective host group or host. If the missing logical drive has no other associations, such as a flashcopy logical drive or a flashcopy repository logical drive, the missing logical drive is removed from the storage subsystem.
  6. If you see system error messages relating to the deleted logical drive, reconfigure or reboot the host system to permanently remove any system information about the logical drive.

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