How to destroy a DG?

You can use:

vxdisksetup -i -f diskname

This will reinitialise disk and "-f" forces a disk to be initialized even if it is a member of a deported disk group (see https://sort.symantec.com/public/documents/sfha/5.1sp1/solaris/manualpages/html/man/volume_manager/html/man1m/vxdisksetup.1m.html)

Mike

Mike,

Unfortunately this does not work as vxdisksetup is not recognized as an internal or ext. command. Is this also applicable on a windows server?

This command is for UNIX only.  For Windows, you could try the 3 different options below:

1. Right click on disk and select "Remove disk from Dynamic Disk Group", but I am not sure if this will work on a deported diskgroup
2. vxdg -f rmdisk diskname
3. vxdg -g diskgroup -f import (this imports diskgroup even when some disks are missing - you could also try addining -C option id this doesn't work).  Then remove diskgroup:
   vxdg -g diskgroup destroy (there is a "-f" option if necessary)

Mike

No luck there........

1. Right click on disk and select "Remove disk from Dynamic Disk Group", but I am not sure if this will work on a deported diskgroup. ==> No option"Remove disk from Dynamic Disk Group" available as disks are disconnected.
2. vxdg -f rmdisk diskname ==> Failed to complete the operation.
3. vxdg -g diskgroup -f import (this imports diskgroup even when some disks are missing - you could also try addining -C option id this doesn't work).  ==> V-76-58645-583: Could not find the cluster dynamic disk group. (even with -C option)

Mike,

Rescan did the trick. After the rescan eveything disappeared. I was under the inpression that I still had to "uninstall" the DG but obviously I did not have to.

Thanks.