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ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager 14.2 Operator's Guide

4.6.4 Deleting a Storage Server

The process of deleting a Storage Server can be carried out either using GUI operations or commands. For information on the operation method using GUI, refer to "Delete the Registration of a Storage Server" in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager GUI User's Guide".

For information on the operation method using commands, refer to "stgxfwcmdelsrv (Server information deletion command)" in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Operator's Guide" of the OS on which the Storage Management Server is running.

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Ensure that all of the steps are complete before removing the Storage Server that is to be deleted.

The required steps for deleting a Storage Server are described below.

  1. Delete the backup history of all transaction volumes on the Storage Server to be deleted. For more information, refer to 4.5.4.2 Deleting a backup history.

  2. Delete the backup policy of all transaction volumes on the Storage Server to be deleted.

    The process of deleting a backup policy can be carried out using either GUI operations or commands. For information on the operation method using GUI, refer to "Delete Backup Policy" in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager GUI User's Guide".

    For information on the operation method using commands, refer to "swstbkpoldel (Backup policy deletion command)".

  3. Delete the volume type that was registered using "4.4.7 Setting the operation type for a device" for the device connected to the Storage Server

  4. Delete the Storage Server.