rmpool

Deletes one or more empty, unreferenced storage pools.

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>>-rmpool--+--------+--+---------+--+---pool_name-+-+----------><
           +- -?----+  '- -quiet-'  '- - -----------'
           +- -h----+
           '- -help-'

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.
pool_name
Specifies the names of one or more storage pools to delete.
Specifies that in single-shot command mode you want this command to receive from the input stream (stdin) the names of one or more storage pools to delete.

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

You cannot delete a storage pool that is not empty. You must remove all volumes from the storage pool before you can delete it.

You cannot delete a storage pool that is referenced by the active policy.

Example

Remove storage pools The following example removes storage pool stgpool1:
sfscli> rmpool stgpool1
Are you sure you want to delete storage pool stgpool1?
Storage pool stgpool1 removed.

Parent topic: Administrative commands

Related tasks
Deleting a storage pool

Related reference
disabledefaultpool
chpool
lspool
mkpool
setdefaultpool

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