Deleting dvd device in a VM

[Francis Flan]

Need help with the syntax of this.

I can't see the dvd drive in an ioscan on the host (11.23) so I want to remove it from the VM.
I want to delete the dvd device (c12t2d0)

hpvmdevmgmt -l all

server2:CONFIG=SERVER::WWID_NULL
localnet:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=SWITCH,SHARE=YES::WWID_NULL
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d5:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=DISK,SHARE=NO:Win2k3_VM:6005-08b4-0005-5030-0003-a000-019a-0000
/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=DISK,SHARE=NO:Win2k3_VM:HPVM_STATID_130_3154911232
lan2:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=NIC,SHARE=NO::WWID_NULL
lan0:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=NIC,SHARE=NO:vswitch1:WWID_NULL
vswitch1:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=SWITCH,SHARE=YES:Win2k3_VM:WWID_NULL
lan1:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=NIC,SHARE=NO::WWID_NULL
HPVM MANAGEMENT_DB EOF

# hpvmdevmgmt -d gdev:/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0:Win2k3_VM
hpvmdevmgmt: ERROR (host): Cannot delete a device with dependents.
Invalid argument
hpvmdevmgmt: Unable to continue.
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[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

It is still assigned to at least 1 HPVM, right?
Remove it from the HPVM first,

# hpvmmodify â P myvm â d dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0

[Francis Flan]

Torsten was correct - by modifying the VM it solved the problem and the dvd device was available to use again.

thanks Torsten