3.9.4.4 Remove a Volume Clone

An Exascale volume clone is a thinly-provisioned read-write point-in-time copy of a volume snapshot.

Removing a volume clone irreversibly deletes its unique contents but does not affect the underlying volume snapshot. You cannot remove a volume clone with current attachments. You must remove all attachments to the volume clone before the clone can be removed.

To remove an existing volume clone, use the ESCLI rmvolume command and specify the volume identifier for the volume clone that is being removed. For example:

@> rmvolume volume-id

You can use the lsvolume command to find the volume identifier for each volume clone.