Removing virtual disks

To remove virtual disks from a hypervisor in ESI:

  1. In the left pane of the ESI window, select Hypervisors and one of the hypervisor servers.

  1. Click Virtual Machines from the center pane and select a virtual machine.

  1. Click the plus (+) symbol to view the disks in the virtual machine.

  2. Select one or more disks to be removed and click Remove System in the Actions pane.

  3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the virtual disks.

  4. The Remove Virtual Disk wizard appears.

  5. Select the Delete the corresponding virtual file or the passthrough SCSI disk checkbox if you want to delete the file or disk.

  6. Confirm the list of the disk or disks to be removed, and then click Next.

  7. In the Review Input Parameters page, review the settings, and then click Next to confirm them.

  1. In the Progress page, click Next.

Note: Click More Information for more progress details. If a problem occurs while you are removing a disk, an error message appears along with options to resume or roll back the process. After the error is resolved, click Resume to resume the process. Click Rollback to revert to the previously executed step.

  1. In the Summary page, click Finish.

 

Related links

 

 Creating disks for virtual machines

 ESI overview

 Managing virtual machines in ESI

 Home window

 Attaching virtual disks

 

 Viewing snapshot LUNs

 

 Deleting snapshot LUNs