Unlink integrated Windows server disk drives

Unlinking integrated server disk drives (network server storage spaces) disconnects them from the integrated server, making them inaccessible to users. For information about when drives can be dynamically unlinked, see Disk drives for integrated Windows servers.

To unlink a disk drive, follow these steps:

1. If you are not unlinking a disk drive dynamically, shut down your integrated server. See Start and stop an integrated server.

2. In iSeries™ Navigator, select Integrated Server Administration —> All Virtual Disks or expand Integrated Server Administration —> Servers —> servername—> Linked Virtual Disks, where servername is the name of the server that the disk is linked to.

3. Right-click the disk drive to be unlinked and select Remove Link, or select the drive and click the appropriate icon on the iSeries Navigator toolbar.

4. Optional: To change the sequence of the drives, click Compress link sequence.

5. Click Remove.

If you want to use the CL command, see Remove Server Storage Link RMVNWSSTGL.