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About deleting unallocated volumes, Deleting unallocated volumes, About creating a luse volume – HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual

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About deleting unallocated volumes

Volumes that are not allocated to any host can be deleted and their space added to the unused
capacity of THP/Smart pools or parity groups. To completely and securely remove the data, shred
the volume data before deleting the volume.

Related topics

About creating volumes

, page 96

Deleting unallocated volumes

, page 102

About removing hosts and releasing associated resources

, page 56

About releasing a LUSE volume

, page 104

Deleting unallocated volumes

You can delete unallocated volumes from a registered storage system.

Prerequisites

Identify the target storage system

Identify the target volumes

Shred volume data, if needed

Unallocate volumes

1.

On the Resources tab, select the target storage system.

2.

Expand the tree and select the storage system from which you want to delete volumes.

3.

Select Open-Unallocated or THP Pools and then select the THP Vols tab of the target THP/Smart
pool.

4.

From the volume list, select the volumes that you want to delete, and then click Delete Volumes.

5.

Specify additional information, as appropriate:

• Verify the information that is displayed.
• Enter a name in Task Name.
• Specify when to execute the task.

6.

Click Submit, and confirm task completion.

When the task completes, deleted volumes no longer appear in the Open-Unallocated or THP volume
list.

Related topics

About deleting unallocated volumes

, page 102

Shredding volume data

, page 101

Unallocating volumes from hosts

, page 155

About creating a LUSE volume

A LUSE volume is collection of two or more basic volumes that have been grouped together to increase
available capacity.

Provisioning storage

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