CMMVC8482E: The host cannot be removed because the host being deleted is mapped to volumes which have received I/O within the defined volume protection period.

Explanation

If volume protection is enabled, and the host being deleted is mapped to any volume that has received I/O within the defined volume protection time period, the host deletion command fails. This policing behavior protects I/O integrity.

This policing behavior:
  • Does not occur when multiple hosts are mapped to the same volume, and the host being removed is already offline
  • Is not overridden by using the force flag
  • Prevents the last host being removed regardless of whether the host is online or not, which improves the policing behaviour for clustered hosts

User Response

  1. Ensure that you intend to remove the host. If you selected the wrong host, repeat the command with the correct host.
  2. To remove the host, ensure that no host I/O is sent to any volume mapped to the host, wait the time that is specified in the vdisk_protection_time field in the lssystem command, then retry the volume removal command.
  3. Alternatively, to disable volume protection warnings and behavior, disable the vdisk_protection-enabled field using the chsystem command, then retry the host removal command.