Deleting a LUN

You can delete a LUN using the SnapDrive for Windows MMC snap-in.

Considerations

Steps

1. Make sure that neither Windows Explorer nor any other Windows application is using or displaying any file on the LUN you intend to delete.
2. Under SnapDrive in the left MMC pane, select the instance of SnapDrive you want to manage. Then, double-click Disks and select the disk you want to manage.
   Note: If you are deleting a disk that contains volume mount points, change, move, or delete the volume mount points on the disk first before deleting the disk containing the mount points. For example, disconnect G:\mount_disk1\, then disconnect G:\. If your volume mount point contains data, keep in mind that SnapDrive will not warn you that data is present when you delete the mount point.

3. From the menu choices at the top of MMC, navigate to Action > Delete Disk.
4. When prompted, click Yes to proceed with the operation.
   Note: This procedure will not delete the folder that was created at the time the volume mount point was added. After you remove a mount point, an empty folder will remain with the same name as the mount point you removed.

   The icons representing the deleted LUN disappear from the Computer Management window.