How to remove a disk from the storage pool

Published : April 8, 2005 | Updated : August 17, 2005

Removing a disk from the storage pool involves three tasks:

  • Identifying protection group members that use the disk to store replicas and shadow copies.

  • Removing the protection group members from their protection groups.

  • Removing the disk from the storage pool.

To identify protection group members

  1. In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar and then click Disks.

  2. Select the disk that you want to remove.

  3. In the Details pane, note the affected protection group members in the Protected volumes on this disk box.

To remove protection group members

For information about removing protection group members, see How to remove members.

Note

After you remove the disk from the storage pool, you can add the members back to their protection groups if you want to continue to protect them. If you add the members back before you remove the disk, DPM may allocate space on the disk that you want to remove.

To remove a disk from the storage pool

  1. In DPM Administrator Console, click Management on the navigation bar and then click Disks.

  2. Select the disk that you want to remove.

  3. In the Actions pane, click Remove. The disk will be removed from the storage pool.