Data Domain: Error "Could not find local storage-unit name"

Summary: Error while destroying the ddboost association

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Symptoms

Error when destroying the ddboost association:

Error: **** Could not find a local storage-unit <storage-unit name>.

Cause

Deleting the storage-unit before destroying the association causes the error.

An error is seen, "**** Failed to delete: storage-unit <storage-unit name> exists in a DD Boost association," and does not allow the deletion of the storage unit before destroying the association when trying to delete from the CLI. However, deleting of the storage-unit in the UI is allowed, and this causes the issue. 

Resolution

SE@ddve3060## ddboost association show
Local Storage Unit   Direction      Remote Host       Remote Storage Unit   Import To   Tenant Unit
------------------   ------------   ---------------   -------------------   ---------   -----------
TBH                  replicate-to   ddve3161.dd.lab   PBD                   -           -
TEST                 replicate-to   ddve3161.dd.lab   PBD                   -           -
------------------   ------------   ---------------   -------------------   ---------   ----------
SE@ddve3060## ddboost association destroy TBH replicate-to ddve3161.dd.lab PBD

**** Could not find local storage-unit TBH
 

Steps:

  1. Check if the storage unit deleted is in D state. If the cleaning is not run after deleting the storage unit, then it is in the D state. 

If the storage unit is in a D state, it must recover:

#ddboost storage-unit undelete TBH
Storage-unit "TBH" undeleted successfully

Now the ddboost association can be deleted and the storage unit deletion can proceed. 

SE@ddve3060## ddboost association destroy TBH replicate-to ddve3161.dd.lab PBD
DDBoost association destroyed
SE@ddve3060## ddboost storage-unit delete TBH

The 'ddboost storage-unit delete' command will delete all files in the storage-unit.
        Are you sure? (yes|no) [no]: yes

ok, proceeding.

Storage-unit "TBH" deleted.
  1. If the storage unit has been removed, this is when the cleaning is completed:

Create the storage-unit again. 

SE@ddve3060## ddboost storage-unit create TBH user ddadmin
Created storage-unit "TBH" for "ddadmin".

Now the ddboost association can be deleted and the storage unit deletion can proceed. 

SE@ddve3060## ddboost association destroy TBH replicate-to ddve3161.dd.lab PBD
DDBoost association destroyed


SE@ddve3060## ddboost storage-unit delete TBH

The 'ddboost storage-unit delete' command will delete all files in the storage-unit.
        Are you sure? (yes|no) [no]: yes

ok, proceeding.

Storage-unit "TBH" deleted.

Affected Products

Data Domain

Products

Data Domain
Article Properties
Article Number: 000047851
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2026
Version:  5
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