Removing a storage system

If a storage system is no longer needed, you can remove and disconnect it from Spectrum Connect.

About this task

A removed storage system, along with its storage pools and volumes, can no longer be managed by the included solution components (see Included cloud interfaces).
If the removed storage system contains working storage resources and volumes, the information of these storage pools and volumes is no longer displayed in vSphere Web Client. However, vSphere data access and service level for these storage pools and volumes is not affected. In addition, the removed system and its storage resources and volumes can be managed from the standard IBM® storage system management tools.
After the removal, you can add the storage system back again to fully restore its management.

Procedure

In the Storage Systems pane, right-click a storage system that you want to remove, and then select Delete.
The confirmation message is displayed.

Click OK to confirm your action.

The storage system is removed.

Important: Do not change VVol-related configuration on Spectrum Connect, after the storage system holding the VVol metadata information was detached from Spectrum Connect, and then connected again.

If Spectrum Connect is not registered as a storage provider on vCenter, perform the registration (this recovers the metadata) and then connect the storage system.
If Spectrum Connect is registered as a storage provider on vCenter, wait until vCenter finishes VASA Provider activation for this storage system (it happens automatically). The activation is completed after the storage system appears under Spectrum Connect in the vCenter. To verify that activation is successful, refresh the Spectrum Connect GUI. The storage resource that had been attached to a VVol-enabled service before the storage system was removed, appears as attached to this service.