DROP RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

Drops a user-defined Resource Governor resource pool.

Syntax

DROP RESOURCE POOL pool_name  
[ ; ]

pool_name
Is the name of an existing user-defined resource pool.

You cannot drop a resource pool if it contains workload groups.

You cannot drop the Resource Governor default or internal pools.

When you are executing DDL statements, we recommend that you be familiar with Resource Governor states. For more information, see Resource Governor.

Requires CONTROL SERVER permission.

The following example drops the resource pool named big_pool.

DROP RESOURCE POOL big_pool;  
GO  
ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE;  
GO