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Procedure
1. In the Explorer pane, click Storage Systems , expand the storage system tree, expand Replication ,
and then click Local Replication .
2. In the Local Replication window, select a P-VOL in the FS Root Volumes tab or a snapshot group in
the Snapshot Groups tab.
3. Click Operate FS Pairs .
4. In the FS Pairs window, select the pair you want to delete, and then click More Actions > Delete
Pairs .
You can specify P-VOLs in Remote Web Console until the total number of snapshots or clones
reaches 32,768. In addition, you can specify snapshot groups until the total number of pairs reaches
32,768. For cascaded pairs with layers, specify pairs at the lowest layer, and then higher layers.
5. Click Finish , and then confirm the settings.
6. Accept the default task name or enter a unique name.
You can enter up to 32 letters, numbers, and symbols, except the following:
\ / : , ; * ? " < > |
7. If you want to monitor the task after submitting it, select Go to tasks window for status .
8. Click Apply to submit the task.
The pair deletion process begins ("SMPL(PD)" status), and then the pair is deleted.
More information
Recovering blocked pools on page 169
Accelerating the Fast Snap pair deletion process
Procedure
1. Delete the snapshot data by resynchronizing the pair.
This puts the pair in "PAIR" status.
2. Delete the pair.
More information
Resynchronizing Fast Snap pairs on page 127
Removing Fast Snap snapshot groups
NOTE: You can use RWC only to reference consistency and snapshot groups and to remove snapshot
groups. You cannot use RWC to delete consistency groups.
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