Reviewing data collection tasks – HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual

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Prerequisites

Gather the following information:

Target host names

Target volumes

Tasks to complete beforehand:

Back up the target volumes

Stop the input and output to the target volumes

1.

On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources and click the Hosts tab.

2.

From the lists of hosts, select the host you want to remove and click More Actions > Remove Hosts.

3.

In the Remove Hosts dialog box, select one or more options from the following:

• Only remove selected hosts
• Unallocate volumes and remove hosts

When you unallocate the volumes used by the selected hosts and clean up the volumes, select
from the following:

• Delete associated host groups
• Delete associated volumes
• Shred associated volumes
• Release LUSE volumes
• Delete virtual LDEV ID. This applies when managing resources that have virtual IDs set.

4.

Click Plan Details to confirm that the information about associated resources is correct.

5.

(Optional) Update the task name and provide a description.

6.

(Optional) Expand Schedule to specify the task schedule.

You can schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting is Now. If the task is
scheduled to run immediately, you can select View task status to monitor the task after it is
submitted.

7.

Click Submit.

If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the process begins.

8.

You can check the progress and result of the task on the Tasks & Alerts tab. Click the task name
to view details of the task.

When the task completes, the host is removed and the selected associated storage resources are
released.

Related topics

About removing hosts and releasing associated resources

, page 44

About unallocating volumes

, page 93

About managing storage resources that have virtual IDs

, page 201

Reviewing data collection tasks

Review data collection tasks to verify the success or failure of some managed resource tasks, such as
storage system or host registration.

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