SecurePath 3.0D & deleting vdisks from host (using eva3000)

[Prem Ratnam]

I have version 3.0D of SecurePath, and see from the manual (SecurePath v3.0D for HP-UX 11.00 and HP-UX 11.00 Workgroup Edition Installation and Reference Guide) that to delete a LUN, I need to follow these steps:
1. spmgr delete
2. Unpresent vdisk (through CommandView EVA)
3. spmgr update
4. swspData
5. config -M
6. swspData -u

My problem is, I don't have an update command with spmgr. If I type in:
# spmgr update
it comes back with a list of valid commands for spmgr (like add, delete, alias, etc - update is not one of the choices listed)

Is the manual wrong or is my SecurePath installation not working the way it should?

Any help much appreciated!
Thanks,
Prem

[Zinky · Accepted solution]

Prem,

With SecrePath 3.0D .. spmgr update is already obsolete. At lreast that's what I understood on my 11.11 SecurePath 3.0D systems. The procedure we follow is simply:

1. Stop I/O to the LUN or unmount file systems if there are.
2. Move the LUN out of the VG or DG
3. spmgr delete w-w-i-d
4. delete/unpresent LUN from server using CommandView or SSSU.

[Prem Ratnam]

Many thanks, Nelson. I do have HP-UX 11.11. I had tried your steps and they did work, but I wasn't sure that the changes persisted across reboots.

I have a reboot scheduled for today, so I should be able to verify that it works.

Regards,
Prem

[Zinky]

They should stay accross reboots.

One more thing - if you've Business Copy agents, you'll need to run the 2 scripts under /opt/CPQevm/bin (UpdateHost.ksh and GenerateMapfiles.ksh) - whenever you do LUN additions/deletetions or change the LVM config of your server (ie. add new/delete/increase LVOL or delete/moven PV's).

[Prem Ratnam]

I've rebooted the system and verified that the changes did take effect. Many thanks for your help, Nelson!