Remove a configuration

How to remove a configuration.

Removing Shares

If a Share is no longer needed, remove it by clicking Configure > File Server Pool for the wanted File Server Pool and clicking the Share name that you want to remove. You then can click Delete Share. When a share is removed, only the NFS export that is associated with the Share is deleted. No content on the file system is removed.

Removing File Systems

To remove a file system, follow theses steps.

Delete all Shares that are associated with the file system.
On the File Server Pool configuration screen, click the name of the file system you want to remove.
On the file system configuration screen, click Delete File System.

Note: If Delete File System is disabled, Shares are still associated with the file system that must first be removed.

Note: Deleting File Systems is a permanent action that cannot be recovered. Be sure that you no longer want to use the file system before you remove it.

Removing a File Accesser device from a File Server Pool

Contact IBM® Support to remove a File Accesser device from a File Server pool. IBM Support can assist with migrating metadata from a functional File Accesser device before removal with minimal system disruption. Abrupt removal of a File Accesser device from a File Accesser Pool without the assistance of IBM Support might require a lengthy metadata redistribution and validation process.

Removal of multiple File Accesser devices requires working with IBM Support to ensure metadata integrity.

After a File Accesser device is removed from a File Server Pool, the device must be reimaged before reuse.

Removing a File Server Pool

It is imperative that the "nodetool decommission" command is completed on all devices in the pool before it is deleted. Deleting a file server pool is a permanent action. If File Systems exist where data is to be preserved, IBM Support must be involved in the File Server Pool removal process.

To delete a File Server Pool, follow these steps.

Remove all Shares within the File Server Pool.
On the File Server Pool page and click Configure > Delete File Server Pool.

This process removes the File Server Pool from the Manager configuration. All file systems must be deleted before you can delete the last File Server Pool.

Note: All Vaults that are associated with the File Server Pool (named by the file system names that are created within the File Server Pool) must be manually deleted to remove any remaining content. File Accesser devices that were a part of the File Server Pool must be reimaged before they are used in a new File Server Pool. If the file server pool has an associated seed node, and if another seed node is not defined elsewhere (in another file server pool), the file server pool cannot be deleted.