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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Delete VMware VMFS datastores

Delete a VMFS datastore.

NOTE:Deleting a VMFS datastore removes all data and snapshots of it from the system. After the VMFS datastore is deleted, you cannot restore the data from snapshots. Back up all data from the VMFS datastore before deleting it.

Format

/stor/prov/vmware/vmfs {-id <value> | -name <value>} delete [-deleteSnapshots {yes | no}] [-async] delete [-deleteSnapshots {yes | no}] [-async]

Object qualifier

QualifierDescription
-idType the ID of the VMFS datastore to delete.
-nameType the name of the VMFS datastore to delete.

Action qualifier

QualifierDescription
-asyncRun the operation in asynchronous mode.
-deleteSnapshotsSpecify whether the datastore can be deleted along with snapshots. Value is Yes or No (default).

Example

The following command deletes VMFS datastore VMFS_1:

uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /stor/prov/vmware/vmfs –id VMFS_1 delete 
Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

Operation completed successfully.

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