remove unmap disks from vio for vio client lpar in aix
Hello i am decommissioning an lpar
i have shutdown the lpar, now i need to unmap the disks to that lpar.
can someone tell me how i can unmap from vio for a vio client?
also how to remove vhost from vio?
Given that the lpar is down, do i need to delete the disk from lpar before unmapping it on vio?
i have shutdown the lpar, now i need to unmap the disks to that lpar.
can someone tell me how i can unmap from vio for a vio client?
also how to remove vhost from vio?
Given that the lpar is down, do i need to delete the disk from lpar before unmapping it on vio?
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Yes, thank you for that clarification.
Can you guide me in how to remove the Virtual SCSI host adapter definition from the VIO LPAR (using HMC) - do i go to VIO manage profile settings or LPAR profile manage profile setting ?
Can you guide me in how to remove the Virtual SCSI host adapter definition from the VIO LPAR (using HMC) - do i go to VIO manage profile settings or LPAR profile manage profile setting ?
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Thank you
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Thank you for your quick response, it was very clear and easy to understand as always.
However i am just curious for the following.
Please confirm if following is right.
Three ways to unmap the disk to lpar client.
1.
rmvdev -vdev Backing device -f
f flag is equivalent to rmvdev -vtd vtscsiXX ??
2.
if i chose to not use f flag, than would i have to use both commands to unmap the disk?
rmvdev -vdev Backing device
rmvdev -vtd vtscsiXX
3.
if i use rmvdev -vtd vtscsiXX first, would i still need to run rmvdev -vdev Backing device afterwards to complete the unmapping process or would removal of VTD automatically remove backing device settings as well.
Also, can i skip the part of removing disk from os(vio), if i plan on keeping the disk within vio.
and just remove vhost after removing vtd/backend for that hdisk
Lastly, would i still have to remove the host adapter definition from the VIO LPAR within HMC, even if i am planning on removing the LPAR Profile in itself.
Thanks, Once Again. Hope you have a good weekend.