Veritas VVR - removing a volume from VVR and deleting it from disk group

Follow below steps to remove a volume  from VVR replication and remove it from disk group.


1- Unmount filesystem using volume ( say app_vol)

2- Run below command on Primary site to delete volume from VVR

  vradmin -g app_dg -f delvol app_rvg app_vol

3- Confirm volume has been removed from VVR

 vradmin -g app_dg -l repstatus app_rvg
 vradmin printvol

4- Now remove, volume from Primary as well as secondary systems

  vxvol -g app_dg stop app_vol
 vxassist -g app_dg remove volume app_vol

5- Confirm, volume has been removed from Disk Group and space has been freed up

vxprint -v
vxdg -g app_dg -u h free

6-If you want to use freed up space in another replicated volume, follow.

Extending Veritas Volume Replication Group