Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System CLI Reference Guide

delete volume-groups


Description	Deletes specified volume groups and optionally all volumes in those groups. NOTE:For virtual storage, before you can delete a volume group that is in a replication set you must delete the replication set.
Minimum role	standard
Syntax	delete volume-groups [delete-volumes] <volume-groups>\|all
Parameters	delete-volumes Optional. Specifies to delete all volumes in the groups. If this parameter is omitted, the volume groups will be deleted but their volumes will not be deleted. <volume-groups>\|all Specifies either: A comma-separated list of the names of volume groups to delete. A name that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes. all: Deletes all volume groups.
Examples	Delete volume groups VGroup1 and VGroup2 but not the volumes in those groups. # delete volume-groups VGroup1,VGroup2 Delete all volume groups and the volumes in those groups. # delete volume-groups delete-volumes all
See also	show maps show volume-groups