Deleting an Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file system

This section contains instructions on how to delete a file system using the AWS CLI and the Amazon FSx API. For information on how to delete a file system using the Amazon FSx console, see Step 3: Clean up your resources.

Deleting a file system

To delete a file system (AWS CLI and Amazon FSx API)

• Use the delete-file-system CLI command or the DeleteFileSystem API operation. The following is an example using the CLI to delete

  Note

  To delete a file system which still has child volumes present, you must include DELETE_CHILD_VOLUMES_AND_SNAPSHOTS in the Options property, otherwise the delete request will fail.

  aws fsx delete-file-system \
      --file-system-id fs-1234567890abcdef0
      --open-zfs-configuration '{ 
        "FinalBackupTags": [ 
           { 
              "Key": "string",
              "Value": "string"
           }
        ],
        "Options": [ "DELETE_CHILD_VOLUMES_AND_SNAPSHOTS" ],
        "SkipFinalBackup": boolean
     }'