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Detaching a virtual disk

After you have used a Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere attach operation to retrieve the files you need, you can disconnect the virtual disks that contained the files by performing a VSC detach operation. The detach operation checks VSC to see whether there are attached virtual disks. It displays the ones it finds and gives you the option to detach them.

Before you begin

Your system must be running clustered Data ONTAP 8.2.2 or later.

You must have registered VSC with SnapCenter.

You must have attached disks using a VSC attach operation.

About this task

Attention: The purpose of the VSC attach feature is to let you restore one or more individual files. When you detach the virtual disk that provided those files, any new data that you added to that disk after it was attached will be lost. You will not be able to recover that data.

Steps

  1. From the vSphere Web Client Home page, click VMs and Templates.
    Screen shot: VMs and Templates selected on the vSphere Web Client Home page.
  2. In the navigation pane, expand the datacenter that contains the virtual machine.
  3. Right-click the virtual machine, and then select NetApp VSC > Detach Virtual Disk.
  4. In the top part of the Detach Virtual Disk(s) dialog box, select each virtual disk that you want to detach from the virtual machine.
  5. Click OK.
  6. When VSC prompts you to confirm that you want to detach the selected virtual disks, click OK again.
    Keep in mind that, after you detach a virtual disk, you cannot recover any data that you added to it.
    You can track the progress of the detach operation from the Recent Tasks panel in the vSphere Web Client.