Delete consistency group

03/18/2022 Contributors

The delete consistencyGroup command deletes a snapshot consistency group.

Supported Arrays

This command applies to any individual storage array, including the E2700, E5600, E2800, E5700, EF600 and EF300 arrays, as long as all SMcli packages are installed.

Roles

To execute this command on an E2800, E5700, EF600, or EF300 storage array, you must have the Storage Admin role.

Context

This command works in two ways:

You can delete both the consistency group and the repository volumes contained by the consistency group.
You can delete only the consistency group and leave the repository volumes that are contained by the consistency group intact.

Syntax

delete consistencyGroup ["consistencyGroupName"]
[deleteRepositoryMembers=(TRUE | FALSE)]

Parameter

Parameter Description

Parameter	Description
`consistencyGroup`	The name of the snapshot consistency group that you want to delete. Enclose the snapshot consistency group name in double quotation marks (" ") inside square brackets ([ ]).
`deleteRepositoryMembers`	The setting to delete on or retain the repository volumes. To delete the repository volumes, set this parameter to `TRUE`. To retain the repository volumes, set this parameter to `FALSE`. The default setting is `FALSE`.

consistencyGroup

The name of the snapshot consistency group that you want to delete. Enclose the snapshot consistency group name in double quotation marks (" ") inside square brackets ([ ]).

deleteRepositoryMembers

The setting to delete on or retain the repository volumes. To delete the repository volumes, set this parameter to TRUE. To retain the repository volumes, set this parameter to FALSE. The default setting is FALSE.

Minimum firmware level

7.83