Deleting a Secondary Virtual Disk in a Replicated Pair From a Storage Array

1Stop all I/O activity on the secondary virtual disk and unmount any file systems on the secondary virtual disk.

2In the AMW of the storage array that contains the secondary virtual disk, select the Logical tab.

3In the Logical pane, right-click the secondary virtual disk, then select Delete. The Delete Virtual Disks dialog is displayed.

4Select one or more virtual disks to delete, then click Delete. The Confirm Delete Virtual Disk(s) message is displayed.

5In the confirmation text box, type Yes. Then, click OK. The Delete Virtual Disks - Progress bar is displayed.

6When the deletion is complete, click OK.

The replication relationship is removed and the remote virtual disk replication is destroyed.

NOTE: The secondary virtual disk is deleted from the storage array and all data on the virtual disk is permanently lost.

Removing a Remote Replication From a Storage Array

Removing a remote virtual disk replication from a storage array returns both the primary virtual disk and the secondary virtual disk to regular standard virtual disks. After the removal is complete, normal I/O operations continue on the former primary virtual disk; the former secondary virtual disk also becomes available for normal I/O operations. Both virtual disks become read- write enabled. Unless one of disks has been deleted, a replication relationship between the two virtual disks can be re-created.

NOTE: No data on either virtual disk is deleted.

CAUTION: Do not remove a replication relationship to back up a replicated virtual disk. To back up either the primary virtual disk or the secondary virtual disk, suspend the remote virtual disk replication so that the replication relationship is not broken.

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MD3620F, MD3600f specifications

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