Delete volumes with System Manager - ONTAP 9.7 and earlier
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You can use ONTAP System Manager classic (available in ONTAP 9.7 and earlier) to delete a FlexVol volume when you no longer require the data that a volume contains or if you have copied the data that a volume contains to another location. When you delete a volume, all the data in the volume is destroyed, and you cannot recover that data.
The following conditions must exist before you delete a FlexVol volume:
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The volume must be unmounted and must be in the offline state.
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FlexClone volumes must be either split from the parent volume or destroyed if the FlexVol volume is cloned.
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The SnapMirror relationships must be deleted if the volume is in one or more SnapMirror relationships.
You should be aware of the following limitations when deleting a FlexVol volume:
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You can delete a complete SnapLock Enterprise volume or a file in a SnapLock Enterprise volume; however, you cannot delete only the data within a file in a SnapLock Enterprise volume.
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You cannot delete a SnapLock Compliance volume if data is committed to the volume.
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If the FlexVol contains both qtrees and volumes, the qtrees appear as directories. You should be careful to not delete the qtrees accidentally when deleting volumes.
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If you have associated FlexCache volumes with an origin volume, then you must delete the FlexCache volumes before you can delete the origin volume.
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Click Storage > Volumes.
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From the drop-down menu in the SVM field, select the storage virtual machine (SVM) in which the volume that you want to delete resides.
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Select the volumes that you want to delete.
Verify that you have selected the correct volumes that you want to delete. When you delete a volume, all the data in the volume is destroyed, and you cannot recover that data.
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Click Delete.
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Select the confirmation check box, and then click Delete.
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