Deleting a Remote Target

Delete a remote target.

Prerequisites

You must be a fabric manager or an infrastructure admin to perform this operation.

The remote target to delete must not be associated with a volume.

About this task

You can delete a remote target that is not in use. Before you delete a remote target, ensure that the data on the remote target is backed up.

Follow the steps given below to delete a remote target.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. Select Fabric manager option from the dropdown on the Home page.
  3. Click Fabric Administration seen on the Home page.
  4. Select from the fabrics dropdown the fabric for which you wish for which the remote target has been created.
  5. Scroll down to the Remote targets card.
    NOTE
    Alternatively, you can click Global namespace, click the fabric link in the table view, and navigate to the Remote targets tab for the fabric.
  6. Click the ellipsis under Actions for the remote target whose credentials you wish to delete.
  7. Click Delete. Confirm the deletion.

Results

The remote target is deleted. The data on the cold tier is inaccessible. The remote target is no longer available for data tiering.