Deleting an external volume mapping
If you no longer want to access data in an external volume, you can delete the mapping. When you do, the data in the external volume is not deleted.
Before you begin
If you disconnect the external volume or volumes, before you delete them, all the data in the cache memory is written to the external volume.
However, you can delete a volume without disconnecting, meaning that data in cache memory is not destaged to the external volume.
You cannot delete a mapping while the external volume is used in the following:
TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, ShadowImage, Thin Image, or global-active device.
A reserved volume for ShadowImage or Volume Migration.
A pool-VOL
A Quorum Disk
For command devices, stop the application using the external volume as a command device.
Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role
Procedure
Open the External Storage window.
In Command Suite:
On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand All Storage Systems.
Expand the target storage systems, right-click External Storage, and then select System GUI.
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:
Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.
Click External Storage.
On the External Storage Systems tab, click the link for an external system
On the External Path Groups tab, click the link for a path group.
On the Mapped Volumes tab, select the external volume.
Click More Actions and select Delete External Volumes.
In the Delete External Volumes window, verify the external volumes you want to delete.
For Have you already disconnected external volume of above table?, click one of the following:
Yes if you have already disconnected the volumes.
No if you have not disconnected the volumes.
If you clicked No in the previous step, then, for Do you want to execute Delete External Volumes operation without writing the cache data to the volumes?, click Yes or No.
Click Finish.
In the Confirm window, review settings and accept the task name shown or enter a new one. When satisfied click Apply.
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