Deleting an unused volume

When a storage volume is unused and no longer required, you can delete it.

Before you begin

Important: You cannot delete volumes that are currently used by datastores or as a raw-mapped LUN.

Procedure

  1. In vSphere Web Client, locate a volume that you want to delete by going to IBM Storage Volumes and selecting the required volume.
  2. Right-click the volume and choose Delete.
    Figure 1. Delete volume
    This image illustrates the delete volume option.

    The Delete Volume confirmation message is displayed.

  3. Click OK to confirm the deletion, or Cancel to exit without deleting the volume.
    Note: A volume, whose deletion fails, disappears from the volume list. The volume reappears in the list after the next population.