Disabling VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes support

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The VMware vCenter administrator can request to remove vVol support. The system administrator removes the associated pools and disables vVol support.

Before disabling Virtual Volumes support on the system, ensure that the VMware vCenter administrator migrated any virtual machines off vVols datastores hosted by the system. If data remains, the pool cannot be deleted.

Using the management GUI

Complete the following steps to disable vVol support:

Note: To make changes to objects owned by the VASA ownership group, log in with a user account assigned with that role or group may be required.
Removing a child pool requires Administrator access for an account not in the ownership group and must be done by a global admin.

Select Pools > Pools.
Right-click the child pool that is associated with the Virtual Volumes configuration and select Delete.
Select Setting > System > VMware Virtual Volumes (vVols).
Select Off to disable Virtual Volumes on the system.

Using the command line interface (CLI)

Complete the following steps to disable Virtual Volumes support:

To delete the child pool that is associated with the Virtual Volumes configuration, enter the following command:
```
rmmdiskgrp childpool
```
where childpool is the name of the pool that is used for the Virtual Volumes configuration.
To delete the utility volume, enter the following command:
```
rmmetadatavdisk
```
To delete the IBM Spectrum® Connect user, enter the command:
```
rmuser scb_user
```
where scb_user is the name of the user that is used for communication between IBM Spectrum Connect and the system.
To delete the user group with the VASA Provider security role, enter the following command:
```
rmusergrp vasaprovider
```
where vasaprovider is the name of the user group that is used for the Virtual Volumes configuration.