Once a volume is no longer
necessary (it is inactive and its contents have been archived, for
example), it is possible to remove the volume and free up the disk
space for other uses.
Before removing a volume, use the following procedure to stop
all activity on the volume:
Remove all references to the volume by application
programs, including shells, that are running on the system.
If the volume is mounted as a file system, unmount it
with this command:
# umount /dev/vx/dsk/diskgroup/volume
If the volume is listed in the /etc/fstab
file, remove its entry by editing this file. Refer to your operating
system documentation for more information about the format of this
file and how you can modify it.
Stop all activity by VxVM on the volume with the command:
# vxvol stop volume
After following these steps, remove the volume with the vxassist command:
# vxassist remove volume volume
Alternatively, you can use the vxedit command to remove a volume:
# vxedit [-r] [-f] rm volume
The -r option to vxedit indicates recursive removal. This
removes all plexes associated with the volume and all subdisks associated
with those plexes. The -f option to vxedit forces removal. This
is necessary if the volume is still enabled.
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