Configuring Or Deconfiguring Disk Drives; Configuring Drives; Deconfiguring Drives - IBM eServer pSeries 610 6C1 Installation Manual

Configuring or Deconfiguring Disk Drives

To configure or deconfigure a drive, use the following procedures:

Configuring Drives

1. Log in as root user.
2. At the command line, type smitty.
3. Select System Storage Management (Physical and Logical Storage) and press
Enter.
4. Select Logical Volume Manager and press Enter.
5. Select Volume Groups and press Enter.
6. Select Set Characteristics of a Volume Group and press Enter.
7. Select Add a Physical Volume to a Volume Group.
8. Fill in the fields for the drive you are adding to the system. Press F4 for a list of
selections.
See the AIX System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices to finish
the drive configuration. This publication is available at the following Web address:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/library/. Select Technical Publications. This
publication is also contained on the AIX Documentation CD. The documentation is
made accessible by loading the documentation CD files onto the hard disk or by
mounting the CD in the CD-ROM drive.
9. Press F10 to exit smitty.

Deconfiguring Drives

1. Log in as root user.
2. At the command line, type smitty.
3. Select System Storage Manager (Physical and Logical Storage) and press
Enter.
4. Select Logical Volume Manager and press Enter.
5. Select Volume Groups and press Enter.
6. Select Set Characteristics of a Volume Group. and press Enter.
7. Select Remove a Physical Volume from a Volume Group.
8. Press F4 to list the available volume groups, then select the volume group name
and press Enter.
9. Press F4 to select a physical volume, and follow the instructions on the screen to
select the physical volume. Then press Enter.
10. Return to the procedure that directed you here.
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