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Alceryes
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Enthusiast
‎06-11-2013 01:02 PM

Want to remove vmfs3 datastores

ESXi 4.1

We have a couple openfiler datastores (I know about the compatibility issues) used for testing and now we just want to get rid of them. There are no I/O's going to them and the data on them is not needed. Is the best way to detach them just hoping into openfiler and deleting the iSCSI connections? I don't see a way to disconnect them in vCenter.

TIA!

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vmroyale
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‎06-11-2013 01:17 PM

Check out http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029786 for the correct procedure.

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
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Alceryes
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‎06-11-2013 01:51 PM

Thx vmroyale.

Is there a way to do this from the GUI?

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vmroyale
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‎06-11-2013 01:54 PM

Unfortunately, no. In ESXi 5 it is much improved and only one step is required in the CLI though.

There is some more good background info here: Best Practice: How to correctly remove a LUN from an ESX host | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

Brian Atkinson | vExpert | VMTN Moderator | Author of "VCP5-DCV VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization on vSphere 5.5 Study Guide: VCP-550" | @vmroyale | http://vmroyale.com
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Alceryes
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‎06-12-2013 09:08 AM

I notice that I can disable the paths to the OPENFILER. Couldn't I do that and then just physically remove the connections?

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