RE: Removing drives from a guested lpar.

I got these all matched up.
I'm removing 12 drives from one guest on one P9. Ensuring the remaining drives are spread evenly across NWSD's.
I'm removing 11 drives from another guest on a different P9.
I'm removing 4 drives from another guest on our P8.
I ran
STRASPBAL TYPE(*ENDALC) UNIT(... ... ...)
STRASPBAL TYPE(*MOVDTA) TIMLMT(*NOMAX) PRIORITY(*LOW)
CHKASPBAL to check on the status. Let that run.
The above steps were optional as I could have done this all in SST and actually have to finish it in SST using the same steps as if I didn't do the above. I knew that but I just wanted to do this anyway to get a head start. Just because.

Next working day...
CHKASPBAL to check on the status.
DSPLOG PERIOD((*AVAIL 072619)) MSGID(CPI1474 CPI1475)
To get starting and ending times.
WRKDSKSTS
Balance is done but there's still ~1% on the drives being removed.

STRSST
3. Work with disk units
2. Work with disk configuration
12. Work with removing units from configuration
3. Remove units from configuration
2. Display status of remove operation
When done the disks removed show up like new if try to add them to an ASP. They no longer show up in WRKDSKSTS.

Then I went to the host of the 'lesser' lpar.
WRKNWSSTG
Tried to remove them while the guest was live and the NWSD was varied on.
CPD8F59
Message . . . . : Network server storage still linked to network server
operating system

Cause . . . . . : The request is to remove the network server storage link
(RMVNWSSTGL), but the network server operating system commands to remove the
link have not been performed yet.
Recovery . . . : Perform the necessary network server operating system
commands to remove the network server storage link, then perform the
RMVNWSSTGL command again.

I assume that powering off the guest and varying off the NWSD is all I need now, eh?


Rob Berendt