+ * Remove disks from the MSA
+ * run multipath -ll on the KVM host and find all disks on that multipath
+
+```
+echo -n "multipath device to remove: " &&
+export LC_ALL=C &&
+read path &&
+dm=$(sudo multipath -ll | grep "$path " | awk '{print $3}') &&
+cd /sys/devices/virtual/block/$dm/slaves &&
+devices=$(ls -1) &&
+blockdev --flushbufs /dev/$dm &&
+multipath -f $path &&
+for device in $(echo $devices); do blockdev --flushbufs /dev/$device; echo 1 > "/sys/block/$device/device/delete"; done
+```
+
+ * remove the paths in the MSA
+
+Three months after decomissioning: