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DELETE /storage/volumes/{uuid}

Introduced In: 9.6

Deletes a volume. If the UUID belongs to a volume, all of its blocks are freed and returned to its containing aggregate. If a volume is online, it is offlined before deletion. If a volume is mounted, unmount the volume by specifying the nas.path as empty before deleting it using the DELETE operation.

Optional parameters:

  • force - Bypasses the recovery-queue and completely removes the volume from the aggregate making it non-recoverable. By default, this flag is set to "false".

  • volume delete

  • volume clone delete

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

uuid

string

path

True

Unique identifier of the volume.

force

boolean

query

False

Set the force flag to "true" to bypass the recovery queue, making the deleted volume non-recoverable.

  • Introduced in: 9.12

  • Default value:

return_timeout

integer

query

False

The number of seconds to allow the call to execute before returning. When doing a POST, PATCH, or DELETE operation on a single record, the default is 0 seconds. This means that if an asynchronous operation is started, the server immediately returns HTTP code 202 (Accepted) along with a link to the job. If a non-zero value is specified for POST, PATCH, or DELETE operations, ONTAP waits that length of time to see if the job completes so it can return something other than 202.

  • Default value: 1

  • Max value: 120

  • Min value: 0

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

job

job_link
Example response 
{
  "job": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "uuid": "string"
  }
}

Response

Status: 202, Accepted

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

460770

[Job "jobid"] Job failed.

917531

Cannot delete the root volume because the SVM contains other volumes.

918667

Volume "name" in SVM "svm.name" cannot be taken offline because it is configured to hold audit logs.

13107349

Operation is only supported on flexible volumes and FlexGroup volumes.

Also see the table of common errors in the Response body overview section of this documentation.

Name Type Description

error

returned_error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": {
      "code": "string",
      "message": "string"
    },
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href
Name Type Description

_links

_links

uuid

string

The UUID of the asynchronous job that is triggered by a POST, PATCH, or DELETE operation.

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

returned_error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.