Server 2012 Failover Cluster Disk Volume Removal

Question

I have 2 unused Volumes on one of my Cluster disks and one volume needing more space.

I'm hoping I'm right in saying that all I need to do is go do disk management on the host with those volumes and right click and "Delete Volume"? This will then leave with me free space that I can extend the volume that needs the free space.

Just wanted some confirmation of this as the disk management keeps popping up that the "partition [name] Simple volume is currently in use". There is no data on the volumes and they are not being used to my knowledge. Is it ok just to Force the deletion and carry on with extending the volume in need or do I need to do something in Failover cluster manager first?

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Hello there,

As you are sure that there are no data in volume even backup then there is no harm in pushing the delete. You can also simply use the PowerShell command to achieve this.

The Remove-ClusterSharedVolume cmdlet removes a volume from the Cluster Shared Volumes in a failover cluster and places it in Available Storage in the cluster. After placing a volume in Available Storage, you can use the volume when you configure a new clustered role.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/failoverclusters/remove-clustersharedvolume?view=windowsserver2022-ps

This might help in some precautionary steps https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/bf4129dd-21f4-4fa0-b3d5-51ed6d57c976/remove-cluster-shared-volumes-and-readd-them?forum=winserverClustering

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Answer 2

Any follow-up to my question?