Delete Volume - Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60 S3 User Manual

Chapter 3 Volume Management

3.2 Delete Volume

3.2 Delete Volume
This function deletes volumes.
Standard, WSV, TPV, and SDV type volumes can be deleted.
• When a volume is deleted, access to data in the target volume is not allowed.
• When NAS user volumes are deleted, Quota information is also deleted.
• The following volumes cannot be deleted:
- Volumes that are registered in a LUN group
- Volumes that are mapped with applications other than ETERNUS Web GUI
- Volumes undergoing RAID migration
- A copy source volume or a copy destination volume of the Advanced Copy that is being executed
- Volumes undergoing TPV balancing (work volumes and target TPVs for balancing)
- Volumes undergoing FTRP balancing (work volumes)
- Volumes with a Storage Migration path
- ODX Buffer volumes undergoing ODX
- NAS user volumes that contain shared folders
- NAS user volumes with Snapshot settings
- Snapshot destination SDV
- Volumes used for the Storage Cluster function
• By repeating creation and deletion of volumes, free space may be dispersed in the RAID group.
• Up to 128 volumes can be deleted at once.
• When deleting SDPVs, refer to
Snap Data Pool Volume" (page
• This function can be used to delete an ODX Buffer volume.
• The NAS system volumes can be deleted by ETERNUS CLI. Note that the "Maintenance Operation" policy is
required for deletion.
• Use the [Volume List] screen to check whether the volume is used for the Storage Cluster function. Refer
to "Volume (Basic Information)" in "ETERNUS Web GUI User's Guide (Operation)" for details.
• When volumes are registered in LUN groups, or a message "The specified volumes have already been
mapped. They cannot be deleted." is displayed, use the following procedure to delete the volumes from
LUN groups.
(1) Check all the LUN groups in which volumes are registered in the [LUN Group] screen under the
[Volume] navigation.
(2) Select a LUN group in which the volume is registered in the [LUN Group] screen under the
[Connectivity] navigation, and then click [Modify LUN Group] in [Action].
(3) Delete "allocation information of host LUN and volume number" in the [Modify LUN Group] screen.
"3.8.1 Delete Snap Data Pool Volume" (page 298)
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