* run multipath -ll on the KVM host and find all disks on that multipath
```
-dm=$(sudo multipath -ll | grep "finzi-srv " | awk '{print $3}') &&
+echo -n "multipath device to remove: " &&
+export LC_ALL=C &&
+read path &&
+dm=$(sudo multipath -ll | grep "$path " | awk '{print $3}') &&
cd /sys/devices/virtual/block/$dm/slaves &&
devices=$(ls -1) &&
blockdev --flushbufs /dev/$dm &&
-multipath -f finzi-srv &&
+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: