P2000 G3 FC unable to delete vdisk

[pawel_kubiak]

Hello!
I`m using P2000 G3 FC storage.
I have 7 vdisk and want to remove one of them (named "dgA01", 4-disk RAID5)
I receive error: "Unable to delete the vdisk(s).
The delete operation failed because the vdisk is being used as a pool component."

dgA01 has no volumes, no snapshots, no snap pools
I suppose something is using this vdisk. Is there some command to check vdisk usage, or metadata?
If needed, I can paste any command needed

Kind regards, Pawel Kubiak

[senthil-Kumarj]

Could you share the exact error as the P2000 G3 does not support Virtual pool. but Vdisks as in Linear configuration. 

[pawel_kubiak]

Hello!

HP StorageWorks MSA Storage P2000 G3 FC
System Name: <Name>
System Location: <Location>
Version: TS250P002
# list vdisks
Error: The command was not recognized. (2025-06-26 09:47:57)

# show vdisks
Name Size Free Own Pref RAID Disks Spr Chk Status Jobs Job% Serial Number Drive Spin Down Spin Down Delay Health
Health Reason
Health Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dgA01 899.0GB 899.0GB A A RAID5 4 0 64k FTOL 00c0ff1eb8b800006d7e6f6400000000 Disabled 0 OK

<Other disks>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Success: Command completed successfully. (2025-06-26 09:48:31)

# delete vdisk dgA01
Error: The delete operation failed because the vdisk is being used as a pool component. (dgA01) - Vdisk dgA01 was NOT deleted. (2025-06-26 09:50:18)

Error: Command failed. (2025-06-26 09:50:18)

Same error occurs via webserver.

[Cali]

Is it configured as Snap Pool?

Try:
show snap-pools
show master-volumes

delete snap-pool dgA01

Cali

[JonPaul]

@pawel_kubiak 
Is it possible that the disks in the P2000 system came from another MSA array?  Either an MSA 2040 or MSA 2050?
As stated above the P2000 does not support Virtualize storage.

[pawel_kubiak]

Hello!
It is possible. Some of the disks were second-handed, so it is possible that they were used in MSA2040
So, do I suspect correctly that I would need to physically replace these drives?

Kind regards, Pawel Kubiak

[pawel_kubiak]

Hello!

There is no snap-pool. I tried also to create and remove- but it didn`t change anything

# show snap-pools

Vdisk Serial Number Name Size Free Master Volumes

Snapshots Status

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Success: Command completed successfully. (2025-06-27 19:24:48)

# show master-volumes

Vdisk Serial Number Name Size Status

Status-Reason Snap-pool Name Snapshots Snap Data Rollback

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Success: Command completed successfully. (2025-06-27 19:25:10)

Pawel Kubiak

[Cali]

OK

Please try this: delete vdisks 00c0ff1eb8b800006d7e6f6400000000

After that, clear the Disk Metadata with: clear disk-metadata #DiskNumber

Cali