Deleting an EVS Disk

Scenarios

If an EVS disk is no longer used, you can delete the disk to release the virtual resources. When a disk is deleted, EVS immediately destroys the metadata to ensure that data can no longer be accessed. In addition, the physical storage space of the disk is reclaimed and cleared before being re-assigned. For any new disk created based on the re-assigned physical space, before data is written to the disk, EVS returns zero for all the read requests to the disk.

When deleting a disk, you can choose not to delete the disk immediately, but move it to the recycle bin to prevent any data loss that may be caused by unintended operations. The recycle bin function is disabled by default. If you need to use this function, enable it on the console. For details, see Enabling the Recycle Bin.

You will be not billed for a disk after it is deleted or unsubscribed from.

Notes and Constraints

The disk status is Available, Error, Expansion failed, Restoration failed, or Rollback failed.
The disk is not locked by any service.
The shared disk has been detached from all its servers.

When you delete a disk, all the disk data including the snapshots created for this disk will be deleted.

A deleted disk cannot be recovered.

Deleting EVS Disks

Log in to the management console.
Click in the upper left corner and choose Storage > Elastic Volume Service.

The Elastic Volume Service page is displayed.
In the disk list, locate the row that contains the target disk, click More in the Operation column, and choose Delete.
(Optional) If multiple disks are to be deleted, select in front of each disk and click Delete in the upper area of the list.
In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information and click Yes.