Removing SnapVault for NetBackup volumes

You might want to destroy a SnapVault for NetBackup volume when you no longer use it as an archive.

Steps

1. Expire all of the backups to the storage unit configured as this volume using the NetBackup application. For more information, see the NetBackup documentation.
   Note: The NetBackup application might show that all the backups have been expired, but the NearStore storage system might be in the process of destroying data from the volume. You might not be able to destroy the volume until all the file data is completely destroyed from the volume.

2. To take the volume offline, enter the following command:vol offline volume_name
3. To destroy the volume, enter the following command:vol destroy volume_name

• Destroying a volume before backups are expired
  You might destroy a volume before expiring the backups using the NetBackup application. If this is the case, stale information exists in the NetBackup catalog and on the NearStore storage system.
• Reusing a volume without destroying it
  You might have a SnapVault for NetBackup volume that is no longer used as an archive, which you want to reuse for another purpose without destroying and re-creating it.