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[NETAPP]How to reclaim a FlexVol Volume and destroy aggregate

To reclaim a volume and destroy aggregate, Follow below procedure:
1. First put the volume offline:

fas01> vol offline vol2

Mon Aug 31 00:59:55 GMT [wafl.vvol.offline:info]: Volume 'vol2' has been set temporarily offline

Volume 'vol2' is now offline.

fas01> vol status

Volume State Status Options

vol0 online raid0, flex root, no_atime_update=on,

create_ucode=on,

convert_ucode=on,

maxdirsize=2621

vol1 online raid_dp, flex create_ucode=on,

convert_ucode=on

vol2 offline raid4, flex

fas01> Mon Aug 31 01:00:00 GMT [kern.uptime.filer:info]: 1:00am up 5:29 0 NFS ops, 0 CIFS ops, 34 HTTP ops, 0 FCP ops, 0 iSCSI ops

2. Next destroy the volume by running vol destroy command:

fas01> vol destroy vol2

Are you sure you want to destroy this volume? yes

Mon Aug 31 01:01:10 GMT [wafl.vvol.destroyed:info]: Volume vol2 destroyed.

Volume 'vol2' destroyed.

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