Removing a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool

Use the nbdevconfig command to remove a volume from a disk pool. The following are the prerequisites:

By default, NetBackup automatically decreases disk pool capacity if you remove a disk volume.

To remove a volume from an AdvancedDisk disk pool

  1. Change the disk volume state to DOWN.

    See Changing AdvancedDisk disk volume state.

  2. Change the disk pool state to DOWN.

    See Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool state.

  3. Remove the volume by using the nbdevconfig command. The following is the command syntax:

    install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd\nbdevconfig -deletedv -stype AdvancedDisk -dp disk_pool_name - dv vol_name

  4. Change the disk pool state to UP.

    See Changing AdvancedDisk disk pool state.