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You can delete a FlexVol volume that is no longer required |
You can delete a FlexVol volume that is no longer required.
What you’ll need
No applications must be accessing the data in the volume you want to delete.
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Note
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If you accidentally delete a volume, see the Knowledge Base article How to use the Volume Recovery Queue. |
Steps
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If the volume has been mounted, unmount it:
volume unmount -vserver vserver_name -volume volume_name -
If the volume is part of a SnapMirror relationship, delete the relationship by using the
snapmirror deletecommand. -
If the volume is online, take the volume offline:
volume offline -vserver vserver_name volume_name -
Delete the volume:
volume delete -vserver vserver_name volume_name