Deleting all capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in a pool

Use the following workflow to delete all of the DP-VOLs for which the capacity saving setting is enabled in a pool.

If you want to delete some but not all of the capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in a pool, see Deleting some capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in a pool for instructions.

 You cannot delete a deduplication system data volume. The deduplication system data volume for a pool is deleted automatically when you disable the Capacity Saving setting for the pool or delete the pool.

1. Block all of the following volumes that are allocated to the target pool using the Block LDEVs window. For instructions, see Blocking LDEVs.

• All of the DP-VOLs for which the capacity saving setting is enabled.

• The deduplication system data volume for the pool.

2. Format the (blocked) deduplication system data volume using the Format LDEVs window. Make sure to specify only the single deduplication system data volume for the target pool. For instructions, see Formatting a specific LDEV.

 When you format the deduplication system data volume, the data in all capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs that are allocated to the same pool is deleted.

3. Format all of the (blocked) capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in the pool using the Format LDEVs window. For instructions, see Formatting a specific LDEV.

 The formatting operations for capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs might take a lot of time.

4. Delete all of the (formatted) capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in the pool using the Delete LDEVs window. For instructions, see Deleting a DP-VOL.