rmfileset

Removes one or more empty, detached filesets and optionally the files in the filesets, including any FlashCopy® images.

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>>-rmfileset--+----------+--+-----------+--+-------+------------>
              +- –?----+  '- –quiet-'  '- –f-'
              +- –h----+
              '- –help-'

     .--------------.
     V              |
>--+---fileset_name-+-+----------------------------------------><
   '- – ------------'

Parameters

–? | –h | –help
Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command options are ignored.
–quiet
Turns off confirmation messages for this command.
–f
Forces the metadata server to delete any files and directories before removing the filesets.
fileset_name
Specifies the names of one or more filesets to remove.
Specifies that you want to read the names of one or more filesets to remove from stdin (for example, – << /work/cnt_list.txt).

Prerequisites

You must have Administrator privileges to use the command.

You must be logged in to the operating system on the engine hosting the master metadata server to run this command.

Description

Unless you specify the –f parameter, the fileset must be detached and empty before it can be deleted.

You cannot remove the ROOT fileset or a fileset that is reference by the active policy.

Example

Remove a fileset The following example removes the fileset named cnt_A:
sfscli> rmfileset cnt_A
Are you sure you want to delete Fileset cnt_A? [y/n] Y
Fileset cnt_a removed.

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related reference
autofilesetserver
attachfileset
chfileset
detachfileset
lsfileset
mkfileset
reportfilesetuse
setfilesetserver
statfileset

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