remove and delete a hard drive from xenserver
From thelinuxwiki
# xe sr-list | grep -B 1 -A 5 "datastore-name"
Example
Determine the Storage-Repository-UUID:
# xe sr-list | grep -B 1 -A 5 "datastore1" uuid ( RO) : 74ab942a-6746-04ba-0c88-f364d8ad10a0 name-label ( RW): datastore1 name-description ( RW): host ( RO): xenner type ( RO): lvm content-type ( RO): user
Find the corresponding Physical Block Device (PBD):
# xe pbd-list sr-uuid=74ab942a-6746-04ba-0c88-f364d8ad10a0 uuid ( RO) : 3b9c149b-1ab7-557d-953c-46664dcc1cfc host-uuid ( RO): 89568def-9ecf-44e4-ae21-35e353c40c82 sr-uuid ( RO): 74ab942a-6746-04ba-0c88-f364d8ad10a0 device-config (MRO): device: /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD20EARS-00_WD-WMAZA2044059 currently-attached ( RO): true
Unplug the PBD:
# xe pbd-unplug uuid=3b9c149b-1ab7-557d-953c-46664dcc1cfc
Delete PBD:
# xe pbd-destroy uuid=3b9c149b-1ab7-557d-953c-46664dcc1cfc
Delete the association of your SR and the PBD:
# xe sr-forget uuid=74ab942a-6746-04ba-0c88-f364d8ad10a0
Done. It will have gone poof in XenCenter after the last command.