Deleting storage volumes - Amazon Storage Gateway
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Deleting storage volumes

You might need to delete a volume as your application needs change—for example, if you migrate your application to use a larger storage volume. Before you delete a volume, make sure that there are no applications currently writing to the volume. Also, make sure that there are no snapshots in progress for the volume. If a snapshot schedule is defined for the volume, you can check it on the Snapshot Schedules tab of the Storage Gateway console. For more information, see Editing a snapshot schedule.

You can delete volumes using the Storage Gateway console or the Storage Gateway API. For information on using the Storage Gateway API to remove volumes, see Delete Volume. The following procedure demonstrates using the console.

Before you delete a volume, back up your data or take a snapshot of your critical data. For stored volumes, your local disks aren't erased. After you delete a volume, you can't get it back.

To delete a volume

  1. Open the Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.

  2. Choose Volumes, then select one or more volumes to delete.

  3. For Actions choose Delete volume. The confirmation dialog box appears.

  4. Verify that you want to delete the specified volumes, then type the word delete in the confirmation box and choose Delete.