Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Administrator's Guide

Deleting volumes and snapshots

You can delete volumes and snapshots from the Volumes table:

• Volumes table (Provisioning > Volumes)
• Data Protection table (Provisioning > Volumes > Data Protection)
• Snapshots panel (Provisioning > Volumes > slide-over > Snapshots)

From the slide-over you can only delete the selected volume (the volume for which the slide-over is opened) and its children. Clicking the slide-over for the base volume enables deleting the entire tree.

Select a volume or snapshot, then choose Delete Volumes from the drop-down list. Follow the on-screen directions to complete the action. The following rules apply:

• You can select from 1 to 100 items (volumes, snapshots, or both) to delete.
• You cannot delete a volume that is part of a replication set.
• Ensure that hosts are not accessing the volumes or snapshots to be deleted.