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Removing resources from a dataset

You can remove physical resources from an existing dataset when you no longer want to protect, fail over, or provision its data using the assigned policy.

Before you begin

You must be authorized to perform all the steps of this task; your RBAC administrator can confirm your authorization in advance.

About this task

The NetApp Management Console operations described in this topic do not apply to virtual object type datasets. To carry out similar operations on virtual object type datasets, use the OnCommand console.

Steps

  1. From the menu bar, click Data > Datasets > Overview.
  2. Select a dataset and click Edit.
  3. In the Edit Dataset window, click Physical Resources for the node from which you want to remove physical resources.
  4. In the Edit Physical Resources page, select each resource you want to remove from the list, move it to the Available Resources list, and click Next.

    The NetApp Management Console data protection capability performs a trial run of your requested changes and generates a report describing the impact of those changes.

  5. After you are satisfied with the preview results, click Next to apply your changes to the dataset, then click Finish.
  6. Close the Edit Dataset window.

Result

The NetApp Management Console data protection capability removes the physical resources from the dataset.