Chapter 28. Removing Stratis file systems You can remove an existing Stratis file system, or a Stratis pool, by destroying data on them. Important Stratis is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process. For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Technology Preview features, see https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview . 28.1. Removing a Stratis file system You can remove an existing Stratis file system. Data stored on it are lost. Prerequisites Stratis is installed. See Installing Stratis . The stratisd service is running. You have created a Stratis file system. See Creating a Stratis file system . Procedure Unmount the file system: Destroy the file system: Verification Verify that the file system no longer exists: Additional resources stratis(8) man page on your system 28.2. Deleting a file system from a Stratis pool by using the web console You can use the web console to delete a file system from an existing Stratis pool. Note Deleting a Stratis pool file system erases all the data it contains. Prerequisites You have installed the RHEL 8 web console. You have enabled the cockpit service. Your user account is allowed to log in to the web console. For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console . Stratis is installed. The web console detects and installs Stratis by default. However, for manually installing Stratis, see Installing Stratis . The stratisd service is running. You have an existing Stratis pool. You have created a file system on the Stratis pool. Procedure Log in to the RHEL 8 web console. For details, see Logging in to the web console . Click Storage . In the Storage table, click the Stratis pool from which you want to delete a file system. On the Stratis pool page, scroll to the Stratis filesystems section and click the menu button ... for the file system you want to delete. From the drop-down menu, select Delete . In the Confirm deletion dialog box, click Delete . 28.3. Removing a Stratis pool You can remove an existing Stratis pool. Data stored on it are lost. Prerequisites Stratis is installed. See Installing Stratis . The stratisd service is running. You have created a Stratis pool: To create an unencrypted pool, see Creating an unencrypted Stratis pool . To create an encrypted pool, see Creating an encrypted Stratis pool . Procedure List file systems on the pool: Unmount all file systems on the pool: Destroy the file systems: Destroy the pool: Verification Verify that the pool no longer exists: Additional resources stratis(8) man page on your system 28.4. Deleting a Stratis pool by using the web console You can use the web console to delete an existing Stratis pool. Note Deleting a Stratis pool erases all the data it contains. Prerequisites You have installed the RHEL 8 web console. You have enabled the cockpit service. Your user account is allowed to log in to the web console. For instructions, see Installing and enabling the web console . The stratisd service is running. You have an existing Stratis pool. Procedure Log in to the RHEL 8 web console. For details, see Logging in to the web console . Click Storage . In the Storage table, click the menu button ... for the Stratis pool you want to delete. From the drop-down menu, select Delete pool . In the Permanently delete pool dialog box, click Delete .

Commands:
umount /dev/stratis/ my-pool / my-fs
stratis filesystem destroy my-pool my-fs
stratis filesystem list my-pool
stratis filesystem list my-pool
umount /dev/stratis/ my-pool / my-fs-1 /dev/stratis/ my-pool / my-fs-2 /dev/stratis/ my-pool / my-fs-n
stratis filesystem destroy my-pool my-fs-1 my-fs-2
stratis pool destroy my-pool
stratis pool list