Decreasing pool capacity

Use this procedure to decrease pool capacity.

Before you begin

The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.

Procedure

  1. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.

  2. Click Pools.

  3. Select the pool that contains the pool-VOLs to be deleted.

  4. From the Pool volumes, select the pool-VOL to be deleted.

    You cannot delete pool-VOLs unless Shrinkable is applied.

  5. Click Shrink Pool.

    The Shrink Pool window opens.

    The details of Before Shrinking and After Shrinking, including the pool capacity, the used pool capacity and the free pool capacity, appears in Prediction of Shrinking.

  6. Click Finish.

    The Confirm window appears.

  7. In the Task Name text box, type a unique name for the task or accept the default.

    You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols, with the exception of: \ / : , ; * ? " < > |. The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

  8. Click Apply.

    If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.
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