* run multipath -ll on the KVM host and find all disks on that multipath
```
- dm=$(sudo multipath -ll | grep "finzi-srv " | awk '{print $3}')
- blockdev –flushbufs /dev/mapper/$dm &&
- cd /sys/devices/virtual/block/$dm/slaves &&
- for device in $(ls -1); do blockdev –flushbufs /dev/mapper/$device; echo 1 > "/sys/block/$device/device/delete"; done
- multipath -f finzi-srv
-
+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: