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Deleting virtual disk drives for an IBM i logical partition that uses i virtual I/O resources

You can delete a virtual disk drive from an IBM® i logical partition that uses i virtual I/O resources. Deleting the virtual disk drive makes the space available once more to the i logical partition that provides the virtual disk resources. When you delete a virtual disk drive, all of the information on the virtual disk drive is erased.

Before you can delete a virtual disk drive, you must unlink the virtual disk drive from the network-server description (NWSD). For instructions, see Unlinking virtual disk drives from an IBM i logical partition that uses i resources.
To delete a virtual disk drive, follow these steps:
Delete the disk drive using the interface that you prefer.
Interface Actions
System i® Navigator
  1. Click Network > Windows Administration > Disk Drives.
  2. Right-click the disk drive that you want to delete.
  3. Click Delete in the confirmation window.
IBM i character-based interface
  1. At an IBM i control language (CL) command line, type DLTNWSSTG and press F4.
  2. Type the name of the disk drive in the Network-server storage space field and press Enter.
Parent topic: Managing IBM i logical partitions that use i resources

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Last updated: Thu, September 20, 2018