IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

Deleting storage pool volumes

You can delete empty storage pool volumes or volumes that contain data from primary storage pools, copy storage pools, or active-data pools. You can also delete the client files that those volumes contain.

About this task

If files that are not cached are deleted from a primary storage pool volume, any copies of these files in copy storage pools and active-data pools are deleted.

Files in a copy storage pool or an active-data pool are never deleted unless:

Data retention is off, or the files have met their retention criterion.
The volume that contains the copy file is deleted by using the DISCARDDATA=YES option.
A read error is detected by using AUDIT VOLUME with the FIX=YES option for a copy storage pool volume or an active-data pool volume.
The primary file is deleted because of:
- Policy-based file expiration
- File space deletion
- Deletion of the primary storage pool volume

You cannot delete a Centera volume if the data in the volume was stored using a server with retention protection enabled and if the data has not expired.

Tip: If you are deleting many volumes, delete the volumes one at a time. Concurrently deleting many volumes can adversely affect server performance.

Task	Required Privilege Class
Delete volumes from any storage pool	System or unrestricted storage
Delete volumes from storage pools over which they have authority	Restricted storage

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