rmfs

Use the rmfs command to remove a file system from an active management node. You must have Administrator authority to use this command.

Attention: When you remove a file system, all the data on that file system is deleted.

You must unmount a file system on all nodes before you can delete it. Use the unmountfs command to unmount a file system.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramtpctoolrmfs -user user_name -pwd password -url url -filesystem file_system_id -fs character-header -help-qs character?-silent

Parameters and arguments

-user user_name
Specifies an IBM Spectrum Control user ID.
-pwd password
Specifies the password for the IBM Spectrum Control user ID.
-url url
Specifies the Device server. The format of the URL is system:port_number, where system represents either the host name or IP address, and port_number represents the IBM Spectrum Control Device server port.
-filesystem file_system_id
Specifies the ID of the file system to be removed.
-fs character
Specifies the 7-bit character that separates the information in the output. If you omit this parameter, the information is separated by blank spaces.
-header
Suppresses the column headings in the output. If you omit this parameter, the column headings are included.
-help | -h | -?
Lists help information for the command.
-qs character
Specifies the 7-bit character that surrounds character strings and date stamps in the output. If you omit this parameter, character strings and date stamps are enclosed by double quotation marks (").
-silent
Suppresses all output for the command. If you omit this parameter, output is included.

Example: Remove a file system

The following command removes a file system.
tpctool> rmfs -filesystem eefs+kq458mv.ibm+00000200A2A0153C+0
-user admin -pwd password -url localhost:9550

The following output is returned:

FilesystemId                        Status
===========================================
eefs+kq458mv.ibm+00000200A2A0153C+0 SUCCESS