CMMVC8481E: The storage pool cannot be deleted because at least one volume in the pool has received I/O within the defined volume protection period.

Explanation

If volume protection is enabled, and any volume in the storage pool being deleted received I/O within the defined volume protection time period, the storage pool deletion command fails. This is a policing behavior to protect I/O integrity.

This policing behavior is not overridden by the force flag.

User Response

  1. Ensure that no volumes are in use in the pool. If you selected the wrong pool, repeat the command with the correct pool.
  2. To unmap all volumes in the pool, ensure that no host I/O is sent to any volume in the pool, wait the time that is specified in the vdisk_protection_time field in the lssystem command, then retry the storage pool deletion command.
  3. Alternatively, to disable volume protection warnings and behavior, disable the vdisk_protection-enabled field using the chsystem command, then retry the storage pool deletion command.