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Unmanaging a storage device

You can remove a storage device from management by Lenovo XClarity Administrator. This process is called unmanaging.

Before you begin

Before you unmanage a storage device, ensure that there are no active jobs running against the switch.

About this task

When you unmanaged a storage device, XClarity Administrator retains certain information about the storage device. That information is reapplied when you manage the same storage device again.

Tip
All demo devices that are optionally added during initial setup are nodes in a chassis. To unmanage the demo devices, unmanage the chassis using the Force unmanage even if the device is not reachable option.

Procedure

To umanage a storage device, complete the following steps.

  1. From the XClarity Administrator menu bar, click Hardware > Storage to display the Storage page.
  2. Select one or more storage devices from the lists of managed switch.
  3. Click Unmanage. The Unmanage dialog is displayed.
  4. Optional: Select Force unmanage even if the device is not reachable.
    Important
    When unmanaging demo hardware, ensure that you select this option.
  5. Click Unmanage.
    The Unmanage dialog shows the progress of each step in the unmanagement process.
  6. When the unmanagement process is complete, click OK.
  • Recovering a rack storage device that was not unmanaged correctly
    If Lenovo XClarity Administrator is managing a rack storage device, and if XClarity Administrator fails, you can recover the management functions until the management server is restored or replaced. You can recover system management by clearing specific parts of the storage-device configuration that was previously set by XClarity Administrator.