Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System CLI Guide

delete volume-groups


Description	Deletes specified volume groups and optionally all volumes in those groups. Before using the option to delete all the volumes in the groups, ensure that the volumes are unmapped. If any volume is mapped, the command will fail and no changes will be made. NOTE:For virtual storage, before you can delete a volume group that is in a replication set you must delete the replication set. This command has a confirmation prompt in interactive console mode
Minimum role	manage
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