How to Delete a Stand-Alone, Non-archiving or Archiving File System

You can delete selected stand-alone, non-archiving file systems or archiving file systems from the server when they are no longer required. Before you can delete an archiving file system, you must stop archiving, and unmount the archiving file system.


Caution - The process of deleting a file system removes all data from the file system. If you want to preserve any of the data on this file system, make sure to copy it to another file system before proceeding.



Note - You cannot delete an archiving file system if the file system is the last file system of a policy or of a policy’s file match criteria. If this is the case, you must delete that policy or file match criteria before deleting the file system.


To delete a stand-alone, non-archiving file system or an archiving file system:

  1. From the Manage Hosts menu or the Managed Hosts page, choose the name of the server on which the file system is located.

    The File Systems Summary page is displayed.

  2. Select the radio button next to the file system that you want to delete.
  3. From the Operations menu, choose Delete.

    A message box prompts you to confirm your choice.

  4. Click OK.