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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.3

Shrink vVols datastore

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Delete datastore action deletes the datastore when there are no vVols on the selected datastore.

Note Shrink vVols datastore operation is not supported for ASA r2 based vVols datastore.
Steps

  1. From the vSphere Client home page, select Hosts and Clusters.

  2. In the navigation pane, select the data center that contains the datastore.

  3. Right-click on the vVol datastore and select NetApp ONTAP tools > Remove storage from datastore.

  4. Select volumes which do not have vVols and select Remove.

    Note The option to select the volume on which the vVols is residing is disabled.

  5. In the Remove storage pop-up, select Delete volumes from ONTAP cluster checkbox to delete the volumes from datastore and from ONTAP storage and select Delete.