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Needs to remove virtual volumes from vplex and provision directly from storage without data loss
Customer is planning to decommission vplex. so needs to remove virtual volumes and directly provision same luns from storage. Let me know if below steps are good to re-provision volumes without data loss
Use :- export storage-view removevirtualvolume -f -v Hostname -o VirtualVolume
remove device and extent....then make as unclaimed
Pull out the device from VPLEX SG and map to host SG.
@ankur.patel Thank you. Is it mandatory to have host offline if it is just some applications or filesystems using them?.
ankur.patel
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Posted November 3rd, 2020 10:00
The host does not have to be offline, just the applications using the volumes.
odurasler757
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Posted August 5th, 2021 05:00
I just posted a similar question. Were there any gotchas to your process?
ankur.patel
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Posted November 3rd, 2020 07:00
As the WWN to the host will change the host has to be offline for this process. Your steps are correct.
Remove virtual volume from storage view
Delete virtual volume/device/extent
Unclaim volume
Remove lun form VPLEX SG on backend array and put lun in host SG
Bring host online.