Deleting the Contents of a Mount Path

The delete contents option can be used to logically delete the contents of a mount path. This operation deletes the data from the CommServe database. This operation does not make the disk space in the mount path available. A Data Aging operation must be run afterwards to make the disk space available.

This option can be used to make media available in order to complete an important data protection job when there is no free space available in the library. The Delete Contents operation is recorded in the Audit Trail.

Procedure

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand to Storage Resources | Libraries | <Library>.

2. Right-click the appropriate mount path, and then click Delete Contents.

   A warning message appears.

3. Do either of the following:

   • Click Yes in the Warning prompt to continue.

   • Click No to stop the operation.

4. In the Enter Confirmation text dialog box, type erase and reuse media.

5. Click OK.

Delete a Mount Path

You can delete a mount path only if it does not contain backup data. You can remove backup data by performing either one of the following:

• Deleting all storage policy copies that point to the disk library.

  Before deleting a storage policy copy, all subclients associated with the copy must either be associated with a different storage policy copy or deleted.

• Disabling the mount path for any new data, allowing existing data to age and then running the Data Aging operation.

  For instructions, see Disabling Write Operations on a Mount Path.

• Mount Paths cannot be deleted if there are jobs associated with a Disaster Recovery (DR) Backup storage policy in the mount path. Determine if DR backup jobs are stored in the mount path as described in Viewing Jobs That Are Associated with a Storage Policy and if necessary delete the jobs or wait for the jobs to be aged before deleting the mount path.

• If deduplicated data is written in a mount path, the mount path cannot be deleted until the deduplication engine is sealed and the data is aged.

You can delete a mount path from the CommCell Console or by using the Command Line Interface. For more information on a mount path using command line, see Delete a Mount Path Using Command Line.

1. You must delete the contents of the mount path. Once data is deleted on disk mount paths, it cannot be restored.

   For instructions, see Delete the Contents of a Mount Path.

   Note: If the mount path contains deduplicated data, retire the mount path as described in Retiring a Mount Path.

2. Right-click the mount path that you want to delete, and then click Delete Mount Path.

3. Click Yes in the prompt that appears

   The mount path is deleted.