Deleting volumes
You can use Storage Manager to delete a FlexVol volume when you no longer require the data that a volume contains or if you have copied the data that a volume contains to another location. When you delete a volume, all the data in the volume is destroyed, and you cannot recover that data.
Before you begin
The following conditions must exist before you delete a FlexVol volume:The volume must be unmounted and must be in the offline state.
FlexClone volumes must be either split from the parent volume or destroyed if the FlexVol volume is cloned.
The SnapMirror relationships must be deleted if the volume is in one or more SnapMirror relationships.
About this task
You should be aware of the following limitations when deleting a FlexVol volume:You can delete a complete SnapLock Enterprise volume or a file in a SnapLock Enterprise volume; however, you cannot delete only the data within a file in a SnapLock Enterprise volume.
You cannot delete a SnapLock Compliance volume if data is committed to the volume.
If the FlexVol contains both qtrees and volumes, the qtrees appear as directories. You should be careful to not delete the qtrees accidentally when deleting volumes.
If you have associated FlexCache volumes with an origin volume, then you must delete the FlexCache volumes before you can delete the origin volume.
- Click .
- Select the required volume and click the more icon
. - Select Delete.
- Choose to take the volume off and delete the data.
- Click Delete.