VXVM 6.1 – How to remove a disk from vxvm using vxdiskunsetup?

by Ramdev · Published March 9, 2014 · Updated August 22, 2015

 Below commands will show to remove a VxVM Control.

Force deconfiguration of a VxVM-initialized disk, enc3_5:

# /etc/vx/bin/vxdiskunsetup -C enc3_5

Shred a VxVM-initialized disk, hds9970v0_14, with 3 passes.

 

# /etc/vx/bin/vxdiskunsetup -o shred=3 hds9970v0_14

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