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Remove a Cloud Storage Pool

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You can remove a Cloud Storage Pool if it not used in an ILM rule and it does not contain object data.

Before you begin

If needed, use ILM to move object data

If the Cloud Storage Pool you want to remove contains object data, you must use ILM to move the data to a different location. For example, you can move the data to Storage Nodes on your grid or to a different Cloud Storage Pool.

Steps

  1. Select ILM > Storage pools > Cloud Storage Pools.

  2. Look at the ILM usage column in the table to determine whether you can remove the Cloud Storage Pool.

    You can't remove a Cloud Storage Pool if it is being used in an ILM rule or in an erasure-coding profile.

  3. If the Cloud Storage Pool is being used, select cloud storage pool name > ILM usage.

  4. Clone each ILM rule that currently places objects in the Cloud Storage Pool you want to remove.

  5. Determine where you want to move the existing objects managed by each rule you cloned.

    You can use one or more storage pools or a different Cloud Storage Pool.

  6. Edit each of the rules you cloned.

    For Step 2 of the Create ILM rule wizard, select the new location from the copies at field.

  7. Create a new ILM policy and replace each of the old rules with a cloned rule.

  8. Activate the new policy.

  9. Wait for ILM to remove objects from the Cloud Storage Pool and place them in the new location.

Delete Cloud Storage Pool

When the Cloud Storage Pool is empty and not used in any ILM rules, you can delete it.

Before you begin

  • You have removed any ILM rules that might have used the pool.

  • You have confirmed that the S3 bucket or Azure container does not contain any objects.

    An error occurs if you attempt to remove a Cloud Storage Pool if it contains objects. See Troubleshoot Cloud Storage Pools.

    Note When you create a Cloud Storage Pool, StorageGRID writes a marker file to the bucket or container to identify it as a Cloud Storage Pool. Don't remove this file, which is named x-ntap-sgws-cloud-pool-uuid.
Steps

  1. Select ILM > Storage pools > Cloud Storage Pools.

  2. If the ILM usage column indicates that Cloud Storage Pool is not being used, select the checkbox.

  3. Select Actions > Remove.

  4. Select OK.