Destroying a vFiler

Effects of destroying a vFiler

Destroying a vFiler has the following effects:

All resources associated with the vFiler are released to the hosting filer.
No data is destroyed.
All the vFiler's IP addresses are unconfigured and the corresponding entries in the filer's /etc/rc file are removed.
If the vFiler was not in the same IPspace as the hosting filer, the IP addresses previously owned by the vFiler are not available for use after you destroy the vFiler.
The effects on quotas are the same as when you move resources from a vFiler to the hosting filer. See Considerations for moving resources between vFilers for more information about how moving the resources to the hosting filer affects quotas.
Clients using LUNs experience an interruption of service.
You must unmap all of a vFiler's LUNs before you can destroy it. The LUNs themselves are not destroyed. You can remap them from the hosting filer, or from another vFiler if you reallocate the storage to that vFiler. For information on mapping and unmapping LUNs, see the Block Access Management Guide for iSCSI.

The vFiler must be stopped before you can destroy it.

To destroy a vFiler, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Unmap any LUNs that are mapped to the vFiler's storage. See the Block Access Management Guide for iSCSI for instructions.
2	Enter the following command to stop the vFiler: vfiler stop vfiler_name
3	Enter the following command: vfiler destroy [ -f ] vfiler_name Without the `-f` option, the command displays a confirmation prompt. With the `-f` option, the command destroys the vFiler immediately. Result All resources previously owned by the vFiler are returned to the hosting filer.

Step

Action

Unmap any LUNs that are mapped to the vFiler's storage.

See the Block Access Management Guide for iSCSI for instructions.

Enter the following command to stop the vFiler:

vfiler stop vfiler_name

Enter the following command:

vfiler destroy [ -f ] vfiler_name

Without the -f option, the command displays a confirmation prompt. With the -f option, the command destroys the vFiler immediately.

All resources previously owned by the vFiler are returned to the hosting filer.