Administrator Guide

Deleting a consistency group
About this task
To destroy an empty consistency group:
Steps
1. Use the ls -f command to verify that there are no virtual volumes in the consistency group (virtual volumes =
[ ]).
VPlexcli:/> ls clusters/cluster-1/consistency-groups/TestCG
Attributes:
Name Value
-------------------- ----------------------
active-clusters []
cache-mode synchronous
detach-rule -
operational-status [ok]
passive-clusters []
recoverpoint-enabled false
storage-at-clusters [cluster-1, cluster-2]
virtual-volumes []
visibility [cluster-1, cluster-2]
.
.
.
2. Use the consistency-group destroy command to delete the consistency group.
To delete a consistency group from the root context:
VPlexcli:/> consistency-group destroy clusters/cluster-1/consistency-groups/TestCG
WARNING: The following items will be destroyed:
Context
---------------------------------------------
/clusters/cluster-1/consistency-groups/TestCG
Do you wish to proceed? (Yes/No)Yes
To delete a consistency group from the consistency group context:
VPlexcli:/clusters/cluster-1/consistency-groups> destroy TestCG
WARNING: The following items will be destroyed:
Context
---------------------------------------------
/clusters/cluster-1/consistency-groups/TestCG
Do you wish to proceed? (Yes/No)Yes
Displaying consistency group properties
You can display the properties of a consistency group.
Use the ls in the /clusters/*/consistency-groups context to display only the names of consistency groups on all
clusters:
VPlexcli:/> ls /clusters/*/consistency-groups/
/clusters/cluster-1/consistency-groups:
TestCG local_test test10 test11 test12 test13 test14
test15 test16 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9
vs_RAM_c1wins vs_RAM_c2wins vs_oban005 vs_sun190
/clusters/cluster-2/consistency-groups:
TestCG local_test test10 test11 test12 test13 test14
test15 test16 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9
vs_RAM_c1wins vs_RAM_c2wins vs_oban005 vs_sun190
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Consistency Groups