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Delete a FlexVol volume

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You can delete a FlexVol volume that is no longer required or if it contains corrupted data.

What you'll need

No applications must be accessing the data in the volume you want to delete.

Note

If you accidentally delete a volume, see the Knowledge Base article How to use the Volume Recovery Queue.
Steps

  1. If the volume has been mounted, unmount it:

    volume unmount -vserver vserver_name -volume volume_name

  2. If the volume is part of a SnapMirror relationship, delete the relationship by using the snapmirror delete command.

  3. If the volume is online, take the volume offline:

    volume offline -vserver vserver_name volume_name

  4. Delete the volume:

    volume delete -vserver vserver_name volume_name

Result

The volume is deleted, along with any associated quota policies and qtrees.