Use the Delete Arrayoption to delete and all of the associated in the array. You can delete an array with if the array has no reservations. Deleting an array with any type of results in an error status. Deleting an array will create more nodes, which you can reconfigure to meet application storage needs. If you see error messages related to deleted logical
drives, you might need to reboot the to permanently remove any information about them.
Keep these guidelines in mind before you delete an array:
If you delete an array that contains a , the associated is also deleted. This action occurs even if the for the flashcopy is in another array.
You cannot delete an array that has any of these conditions:
The array is undergoing a modification operation, such as a level change or capacity expansion, unless the logical drives in the array are in a state.
The array is holding any type of persistent reservation. Deletion of an array with a persistent reservation results in an
error status.
The array contains . To remove the mirror repository logical drives, deactivate the .
If you try to delete an array that contains mirror repository logical drives that are the only logical drives that reside
on the array, an error message appears. The operation does not complete.
If you try to delete an array that contains mirror repository logical drives and other logical drives, all of the other logical
drives are deleted. An array that contains only the mirror repository logical drives remains.
The array contains a or a in a. You cannot delete a base logical drive or target logical drive that is in a VolumeCopy with a status of In Progress. If
you delete a base logical drive or a target logical drive that is in a VolumeCopy that has completed, the base logical drive
information and the target logical drive information are permanently removed. All information associated with the VolumeCopy
is lost.
Attention:
Possible loss of data access – Deleting an array and its logical drives causes the loss of all data on those logical drives. Before performing this operation,
back up the data on all of the logical drive in the array, stop all input/output (I/O), and unmount any file systems on the
logical drive.
In the Logical pane, select an array, and select Array >> Delete.
In the text box, type yes, and click OK.The Delete Array-Progress dialog appears while all of the logical drives in the array are being deleted.All assigned disk drives that were associated
with the selected array change to an unassigned state in the Physical pane. The array and all associated logical drives are
deleted, and the icons are removed from the Logical pane.
The raw capacity from the disk drives that were formerly associated with the deleted array is added to either of these nodes:
An existing Unconfigured Capacity node
A new Unconfigured Capacity node if one did not previously exist
Were all logical drives in the array deleted without failures?
Yes – Click OK. You are finished with this procedure.
No – Some of the logical drives could not be deleted. Perform the steps in the Recovering from Logical Drive Deletion Failures
online help topic to correct the errors, and repeat step 1 through step 3.