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Removing a File Pool from the CA VM:Director Configuration

You may want to remove a file pool from the CA VM:Director SFS configuration if you no longer want it managed by CA VM:Director or if you have removed it from the system.

Removing a file pool from the CA VM:Director configuration for SFS deletes that file pool from administration by CA VM:Director; it does not delete it from SFS itself. If you remove a file pool, you must make provisions for managing it outside CA VM:Director.

You can remove a file pool from the CA VM:Director configuration for SFS only if there are no space allocations for it made through CA VM:Director. This means that you must delete all the *FP= records that reference the file pool. If the *FP= record contains only the file pool to delete, delete this record. If the *FP= record references the file pool to delete and another file pool, delete only the reference to the file pool to delete.

Example:

Suppose you want to delete file pool VMXA from the CA VM:Director configuration but leave file pool VMXB. User ID FRED contains this record in the source directory entry. Change the following record:

*FP= VMXA VMXB

To the following:

*FP= VMXB

User ID BARNEY contains this record in the source directory entry:

*FP= VMXA

Delete the entire record.

The easiest way to delete *FP= records is to execute the VMXBKP01 utility to create a USER DIRECT file. Look at this file to come up with a list of all user IDs that have *FP= records that refer to the user ID you want to delete. Then use the VMDIRECT EDIT command to edit the affected user IDs and update or delete the *FP= records as described above.

Data on removed file pools remain owned by the owners who used that space when it was managed by CA VM:Director.

To remove a file pool from the CA VM:Director SFS configuration

1. From CMS, enter the following:

   vmdirect config sfs
   

   This command displays the SFS Configuration Menu.

2. Select option 3, Delete File Pool.
3. Using the Tab key, move the cursor over the name of the file pool to delete, and press Enter.
   • If there are still allocations made through CA VM:Director for this file pool, you are not allowed to delete it, and CA VM:Director displays a message telling you this. This screen remains displayed.
   • If this file pool is available for deleting (it has no allocations in it through CA VM:Director), the following screen asks for confirmation so that you can back out of this request if necessary.
4. Enter yes on the confirmation screen if you want to remove this file pool from CA VM:Director.

   If you do not want to remove the file pool from CA VM:Director administration, enter no.

   When you press Enter to confirm or reject the deletion and that deletion is accepted, CA VM:Director returns you to the screen that displays known file pools.

5. You can do either of the following from this point:
   • To delete more file pools, return to Step 3 and repeat the procedure from there.
   • To return to CMS, press PF3 repeatedly.