When you retire a mount path, the mount path will not be used for subsequent write operations. However, you can perform restores (read operations) on the data available in the mount path.
To retire a mount path, disable the write operations on a mount path for any new data. For instructions, see Disabling Write Operations on a Mount Path.
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Depending on the retention criteria set on the storage policy copy, the data in the mount path will be pruned when the data aging operation is run. If data is present on the mount path after you perform the data aging operation, you can perform a space reclamation operation with Clean Orphan Data option selected on all the deduplication databases associated with the storage policy copy. For instructions, see Performing a Space Reclamation Operation on Deduplicated Data.
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When all the data in the mount path is completely pruned, the mount path can be deleted.
To determine whether the mount path has valid data, see Viewing the Contents of a Mount Path.