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Server Core environment:

From the Command Prompt window, execute the removehdlm utility

for removing HDLM.
For details about the removehdlm utility, see

The removehdlm Utility

for Removing HDLM on page 7-28

.

9

.

The dlmchkpath utility is automatically executed. If a warning dialog box

appears, follow the procedure below:

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Cancel the removal. Reconfigure the system into a single-path

configuration, and then perform the removal again. For details about

the dlmchkpath utility, see

The dlmchkpath Utility for Checking HDLM

Paths on page 7-14

.

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If a warning dialog box is not displayed, go to the next step.

10

.

Follow the instructions shown in the messages that appear in the window.
Remove HDLM from all the hosts that make up the cluster.
If the KAPL09005-E message appears, stop the HDLM manager according

to the procedure in

Stopping the HDLM Manager on page 4-15

. After

stopping the HDLM manager, restart the removal program.

11

.

When removal finishes, shut down all the hosts that make up the cluster.

12

.

Confirm that all hosts are turned off, and are in a single-path

configuration.

13

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Restart all of the hosts that make up the cluster.

Removal Procedures - Oracle RAC Environment

To remove HDLM:

1

.

Log on to Windows as a member of the Administrators group.

2

.

Stop the Oracle RAC instance of the host where HDLM is to be removed.

3

.

If a host and a storage system are connected via multiple paths,

reconfigure it so that only one path connects the host to the storage

system.
Removing HDLM in a multi-path configuration, might cause the disk

contents to become corrupted when the host restarts. Make sure that you

remove HDLM in a single path configuration only.

Figure 3-7 Single Path Configuration and Multi-path Configuration on page

3-89

shows a single path configuration and a multi-path configuration.

In Windows Server 2008, if you have selected an EMC CX series or an HP

EVA series LU as the HDLM management-target device, perform the

following steps to unregister it. Otherwise, go to step 7.

4

.

From Control Panel, choose MPIO.
The MPIO Properties dialog box opens.

5

.

On the MPIO-ed Devices page, select the hardware ID, and then click

the Delete button.

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For an EMC CX series:
The hardware ID is DGC RAID.

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