This topic assumes that steps have been taken so that allocation is not permitted in the coupling facility (for example, maintenance mode or delete pending). Verify that allocation is not permitted in the CF with the DISPLAY XCF,CF,CFNAME=cfname system command.

For structures that support rebuild, a rebuild process can be used to remove a structure from a CF. Structures can be removed individually through operations for an individual structure, as a group through operations that can target all structures in a CF, or through a REALLOCATE process. See "Using REALLOCATE or POPULATECF to relocate coupling facility structures" for more information on initiating a REALLOCATE process to remove all structures from a CF that does not permit allocation. A REALLOCATE process can be started with the SETXCF START,REALLOCATE system command.

To process each structure individually, see Actions to remove a structure from a coupling facility for each structure.

For structures for which rebuild is not possible, see Actions to remove a structure from a coupling facility. If a structure is pending deletion or in transition, restore connectivity to the CF. If connectivity cannot be restored to the CF, the structure can only be removed by deleting the CF from the CFRM active policy.

Verify the removal of all structures from the CF with the DISPLAY XCF,CF,CFNAME=cfname system command.