vxdiskunsetup – UnixArena’s Manual Page
/opt/VRTS/bin/vxdiskunsetup – Remove the VERITAS Volume Manager configuration
- This command removes the VERITAS Volume Manager configuration from one or more disks.
- This command reverses the configuration done by the vxdisksetup command. This operation makes the disks unusable by VxVM.
- This command can be applied only to VxVM-initialized disks that are not in use within an imported disk group.
- This command operates by removing the public and private regions that were created by the last invocation of vxdisksetup on the specified disks. After this operation, those disks are converted from the online to the online invalid.
| Options | Usage |
| -C | Force de-configuration of the disk, effectively removing the host locks that were detected by vxdiskunsetup. |
| -f | Force a shred operation on an SSD disk. |
| -o shred[=1|3|7] | The shred operation overwrites the data on the disk with a digital pattern in one or more passes. Specify the number of passes as 1, 3, or 7. The default is 1 pass. |
All Disk’s in Use by VxVM
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c1t0d0s2 auto:sliced rootdisk01 rootdg online c2t0d0s2 auto:sliced rootdisk02 rootdg online c3t1d0s2 auto:cdsdisk - - online c3t2d0s2 auto:simple - - online c3t3d0s2 auto:sliced - - online c4t9d0s2 auto:cdsdisk - (testdg) online c4t10d0s2 auto:cdsdisk - (testdg) online
Force de-configuration of a VxVM-initialized disk’s:
# vxdiskunsetup -C c3t1d0 c3t2d0 c3t3d0 c4t9d0 c4t10d0 DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c1t0d0s2 auto:sliced rootdisk01 rootdg online c2t0d0s2 auto:sliced rootdisk02 rootdg online c3t1d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c3t2d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c3t3d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c4t9d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c4t10d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid
Shred a VxVM-initialized disk, hds9970v0_14, with 3 passes:
# vxdiskunsetup -o shred=3 hds9970v0_14