Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for AIX (6.6) (T5208-96010, April 2011)

7. Utility Reference
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7.11 dlmrmdev Utility for Deleting HDLM Drivers
This utility deletes hdisks or changes the status of hdisks to Defined according to the
parameter settings. When all the hdisks recognized as HDLM management-target
devices have been successfully deleted or changed to
Defined, the HDLM manager
stops.
Note that the hdisk recognized as a boot disk will not be deleted or changed to
Defined.
7.11.1 Format
/usr/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmrmdev [[-e | -f] [-A [-s]] | -h]
7.11.2 Parameters
-e
Changes the status of hdisks recognized as HDLM-managed devices to Defined.
-f
Deletes all hdisks recognized as devices that are either managed by HDLM or
intended to be managed by HDLM.
-A
Unmounts file systems and deactivates volume groups that are being used by
HDLM before deleting the hdisks that are recognized as HDLM
management-target devices or changing the status of those hdisks to
Defined.
-s
Prevents the confirmation message for unmounting and deactivating the volume
groups, when the
-A parameter is specified.
-h
Displays the format of the dlmrmdev utility.
Note
Before executing the dlmrmdev utility, stop all processes and services using the paths
managed by HDLM. If you execute the
dlmrmdev utility without stopping the
processes and services that are using the paths managed by HDLM, hdisks recognized
as HDLM management-target devices might not be deleted completely or changed to
the
Defined status
Examples
In the following example, the utility unmounts the file system used by HDLM,