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.Deleting a DP-VOL
Use this procedure to delete a DP-VOL.
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.
Before you begin
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
You cannot delete a DP-VOL if the status is online.
If you are deleting a DP-VOL with Deduplication and Compression enabled, you must first disable Deduplication and Compression on the DP-VOL before beginning this procedure.
If you are deleting one or more DP-VOLs for which capacity saving is enabled, use one of the following workflows:
To delete all of the DP-VOLs for which capacity saving is enabled in a pool, see Deleting all capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in a pool for instructions.
To delete some (but not all) of the DP-VOLs for which capacity saving is enabled in a pool, see Deleting some capacity saving-enabled DP-VOLs in a pool for instructions.
Procedure
Open the Pools window.
In Command Suite:
On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand All Storage Systems and the target storage system.
Right-click DP Pools, and then select System GUI.
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:
Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.
Click Pools.
Select the associated row with the DP-VOL to be deleted.
Select the Virtual Volumes tab.
From the table, select the DP-VOL to be deleted.
Do the following, if necessary.
In the Filter option, select ON to filter the rows.
Click Select All Pages to select all DP-VOLs in the list.
Click Options to specify the unit of volumes or the number of rows to view.
Click More Actions, and then select Delete LDEVs.
The Delete LDEVs window opens.
Click Finish.
The Confirm window appears.
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.
Click Apply.
If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.