3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Reference (320-200166 Rev B, March 2010)

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Command Line Interface Reference InForm OS Version 2.3.1

–cascade

Remove all the descendent volumes as long as none has an active VLUN. It will remove any

VLUN templates as long as there were no active VLUNs. It will remove the volumes from all

the volume sets. If the

-expired option is specified, all expired volumes and their

descendent volumes will be removed regardless if they are expired or not. If the

-stale

option is specified, all stale volumes and their descendent volumes will be removed

regardless if they are stale or not.

SPECIFIERS

<VV_name>

Specifies the VV name, using up to 31 characters in length. This specifier can be repeated to

remove multiple VVs. If this specifier is not used, the

pattern specifier must be used.

Specifies a glob-style pattern. This specifier can be repeated to remove multiple VVs. If this

specifier is not used, the

<VV_name> specifier must be used. See Glob-Style Pattern on

page 2.4 for more information.

RESTRICTIONS

■ Issuing the removevv command with invalid VV names causes the command to exit

without removing any VVs.

■ Any VVs exported as Virtual Volume Logical Unit Numbers (VLUNs) are not removed and

the command stops at that VV.

■ Any VV that contains snapshots cannot be removed.

EXAMPLES

The following example removes virtual volume vv0:

The following example removes all the expired volumes:

cli% removevv –f vv0

cli% removevv –f expired