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RemoveInitiatorsFromVolumeAccessGroup

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You can use the RemoveInitiatorsFromVolumeAccessGroup method to remove initiators from a specified volume access group.

Parameters

This method has the following input parameters:

Name Description Type Default value Required

volumeAccessGroupID

The ID of the volume access group from which initiators are removed.

integer

None

Yes

initiators

List of initiator IDs or names (IQNs and WWPNs) to include in the volume access group. If you pass a list of initiator names, the initiators are created if they do not already exist. If you pass a list of initiator IDs, the method returns an error if any of the initiators does not already exist. Passing initiator names is deprecated; you should use initiator IDs whenever possible.

integer array (recommended) or string array (deprecated)

None

No

deleteOrphanInitiators

Specifies whether to delete initiator objects after they are removed from a volume access group or not. Possible values:

  • true: Delete initiator objects after they are removed from a volume access group.

  • false: Do not delete initiator objects after they are removed from a volume access group. This is the default.

boolean

false

No

Return value

This method has the following return value:

Name Description Type

volumeAccessGroup

An object containing information about the newly modified volume access group.

volumeAccessGroup

Request example

Requests for this method are similar to the following example:

{
  "id": 13171,
  "method": "RemoveInitiatorsFromVolumeAccessGroup",
  "params": {
    "initiators": [114,115],
    "volumeAccessGroupID": 96
  }
}

Response example

This method returns a response similar to the following example:

{
  "id": 13171,
  "result": {
    "volumeAccessGroup": {
      "attributes": {},
      "deletedVolumes": [
        327
      ],
      "initiatorIDs": [],
      "initiators": [],
      "name": "test",
      "volumeAccessGroupID": 96,
      "volumes": [
        346
      ]
    }
  }
}

New since version

9.6