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Delete virtual drives commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following virtual drive delete commands:
perccli /cx/vx|vall del
perccli /cx/vx|vall del force
NOTE: If the virtual drive has user data, you must use the force option to delete the virtual drive.
A virtual drive with a valid master boot record (MBR) and a partition table is considered to contain user data.
If you delete a virtual drive with a valid MBR without erasing the data and then create a new virtual drive using the same set of
physical drives and the same RAID level as the deleted virtual drive, the old unerased MBR still exists at block0 of the new
virtual drive, which makes it a virtual drive with valid user data. Therefore, you must provide the force option to delete this
newly created virtual drive.
The detailed description for each command follows.
perccli /cx/vx|vall del
This command deletes a particular virtual drive or, when the vall option is used, all the virtual drives on the controller are
deleted.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v2 del
NOTE: This command deletes virtual drives. Data located on these drives will no longer be accessible.
perccli /cx/vx|vall del force
This command deletes a virtual drive only after the cache flush is completed. With the force option, the command deletes a
virtual drive without waiting for the cache flush to complete.
Input example:
perccli /c0/v2 del force
NOTE:
This command deletes the virtual drive where the operating system is present. Data located on these drives and the
operating system of the drive will no longer be accessible
Delete non-RAID disks
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following non-RAID disks delete commands:
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx del jbod [force]
perccli /cx[/ex]/sall del jbod [force]
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx-y del jbod [force]
This command deletes a particular non-RAID disk (listed as JBOD drive) or when the sall option is used, all the non-RAID disks
on the controller are deleted. The x stands for a number, list of numbers, range of numbers, or all numbers. The force option
should be used only if the user needs to delete a non-RAID drive with any partition.
Virtual drive show commands
The PERC Command Line Tool supports the following virtual drive show commands:
perccli /cx/vx show
perccli /cx/vx show all
The detailed description for each command follows.
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