Deleting a storage pool

Use the pool_delete command to delete a storage pool.

pool_delete pool=PoolName

Parameters

Name Type Description Mandatory
pool Object name The name of the storage pool to delete. Y

This command fails if the storage pool is not empty, meaning that it still contains volumes.

The capacity of the deleted storage pool is added to the free space.

Example: 

pool_delete pool=ERPPool

Output: 

Command completed successfully

Access control

User Category Permission
Storage administrator Allowed
Application administrator Disallowed
Security administrator Disallowed
Read-only users Disallowed
Operations administrator Disallowed
Host side accelerator client Disallowed

Warnings

  • ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WANT_TO_DELETE_POOL

    Are you sure you want to delete storage pool Pool?

Return codes

  • POOL_DOES_NOT_EXIST

    Storage pool does not exist.

  • POOL_HAS_CG

    Storage pool has consistency groups defined.

  • POOL_IN_USE

    Storage pool has volumes allocated in it.

  • OPERATION_DENIED_OBJECT_MANAGED

    This is a managed object. Only the managing software and xiv_maintenance / xiv_development may complete this operation on this object.

  • POOL_BELONGS_TO_A_GROUPED_POOL

    Pool belongs to a grouped pool.