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Removing old VSAN's from MDS
I am trying to clean up some of our switches and have run across a few with old VSAN's. the VSAN's do not have any hosts or storage ports assigned to them. They only have an entry on the ISL tab and have a active zoneset attached. The hosts that used to be here were moved to another VSAN and are currently in production. When i edit the local database for each VSAN, i can see that the entries in it have a status of "not in VSAN"
I am wondering if it is safe to delete these? I would think that i need to deactivate the zoneset in them first and then delete the VSAN. I just want to make sure that it doesnt effect the other VSAN that has the same hosts.
Switches are 9509's running 4.2(3a)
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Ayman_Talkhan
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August 22nd, 2010 01:00
Hello,
Before deleting a VSAN make sure you disable any IVR configurations that may be present and remove all members from the list, as upon deleteing a VSAN all of its attributes are removed from the running configuration. VSAN-related information is maintained by the system software as follows:
I hope this answers your question.
Regards,
Ayman
kenn2347
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August 26th, 2010 12:00
Ayman, thatnks for the reply. Sorry i didnt respond back quick. got busy and sort of forgot i had posted this:)
We dont use IVR so thats good. I will try to remove those old VSAN's in the next few days.
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Ayman_Talkhan
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August 29th, 2010 00:00
Hello Kenn,
I'm glad I was able to help.
If you have any other questions/problems please let me know.
If not, then if possible please mark this question as answered (correct/helpful), this show your appreciation for the support on EMC support forums.
Have a great day.
Regards,
Ayman
kenn2347
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August 30th, 2010 13:00
I havent tried to delete them yet but will mark this question as answered. I am sure your explanation is correct but we have a very complicated environment and i haven't pulled the trigger yet. I haven't had to do this before so i am a little hesitant
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Ayman_Talkhan
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August 31st, 2010 00:00
Not a problem, I wish you luck and hope everything goes smoothly.
Please let me know how it goes and if there's anything I could do to help.
Regards,
Ayman