Deleting a pool

Use this procedure to delete a pool.

For a pool that contains a DP-VOL with a disabled data direct mapping attribute, if pool-VOLs are released after the pool shrinking, the released pool-VOLs (LDEVs) will be blocked.

You can delete a pool only after all of the DP-VOLs have been deleted.

CautionWhen you delete a pool, its pool-VOLs (LDEVs) are blocked. Blocked volumes must be formatted before use. If a blocked pool-VOL is an external volume, select Normal Format when formatting the volume.

Before you begin

  • The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
  • No DP-VOLs other than the deduplication system data volume must be associated with the target pool.

Procedure

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

  2. Click Pools.

  3. From the Pools table, select the pool to be deleted.

  4. Click More Actions, and then select Delete Pools.

    The Delete Pools window opens.

  5. Click Finish.

    The Confirm window opens. To continue with the shredding operation and delete volume data, click Next. For details about the shredding operation, see the Volume Shredder User Guide. If the pool is blocked, you might not be able to perform shredding operations.

  6. 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.

  7. Click Apply.

    If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.
    NoteWhen the pool-VOLs of a pool are empty, the appropriate tier is deleted.
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