Fixed it myself by using "help vvol" or "help command subcommand". Here is a tutorial. Use at your own risk!!!! SSH into equallogic array. [enter support mode]support [Show vvols on Equallogic Array and check if the vvol you are trying to delete is bound]vvol show___________________________ Bound VVols Information __________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name            Size       Type        Container  Description--------------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ------------04250816-50c6-4 350GB      vmdk-vvol   XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX-sna  bbc-92f0-2869                                        p-2016-05-  f95a41ad                                                08-20:53:3 [Select the vvol]                                               vvol select 04250816-50c6-4bbc-92f0-2869f95a41ad [Display detailed information of the selected vvol and look for the bound access policy]show __________________________ Access Policy Information __________________________Name: VSMAR-160408124414913            UUID:                                          0-000000-000000000-0000000000000000 [unbind the access policy show that you are able to delete the vvol object]unbind access-policy VSMAR-160408124414913 [go up one level]exit [check to see if vvol is now unbound]vvol show __________________________ Unbound VVols Information _________________________________________________________________________________________________________Name            Size       Type        Container  Description--------------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ------------04250816-50c6-4 350GB      vmdk-vvol   XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXX_1-sna  bbc-92f0-2869                            p-2016-05-  f95a41ad                                          08-20:53:3 [delete the orphaned vvol object]vvol delete 04250816-50c6-4bbc-92f0-2869f95a41ad [May not need to go up one level]exit [list storage containers]storage-container show Name      Logical Size Pool      Physical Size--------- ------------ --------- -------------XXXXXXXXX 10TB         default   1TB [select the storage container that had the orphaned objects]storage-container select XXXXXXXXXX [show detailed information and check that Aggr Physical Used: or Physical Used: is now 0MB]show ________________________ Storage Container Information ________________________name: XXXXXXXXXXX               UUID:Description:                             Logical Size: 10TB                     Logical Used: 0MBLogical Free: 10TB                     Aggr Physical Size: 1TBAggr Physical Used: 0MB                Aggr Physical Free: 1TBVVols: 0                               VVolSnapshots: 0VVolLinkedClones: 0                    OnlineVVolsSnapshotsLinkedClones: 0____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Storage Container Pool Information ______________________Pool Name: default                     Physical Size: 1TBPhysical Used: 0MB                     Physical Free: 1TBFree Space Warn Percentage: 10%_______________________________________________________________________________ You are now able to delete the storage container in the gui. 
This is in reference to the following VMware kb article: [URL] So what commands or gui options are available to delete orphaned virtual volume objects? vSphere shows the virtual volume as empty but a used space of 53GB out of 1TB. The equallogic gui shows multiple VMs with 0 Mb in size associated with the storage container. Attempts to delete from gui and ssh results in the following error "Storage Container must be empty to be deleted". The storage container is also showing that it has snapshot and linked clones that I cannot access. ________________________ Storage Container Information ________________________name: XXXXXXXX-VOL001               UUID:Description:                             Logical Size: 10TB                     Logical Used: 354GBLogical Free: 9.65TB                   Aggr Physical Size: 1TBAggr Physical Used: 53GB               Aggr Physical Free: 971.02GBVVols: 2                               VVolSnapshots: 1VVolLinkedClones: 0                    OnlineVVolsSnapshotsLinkedClones: 2____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Storage Container Pool Information ______________________Pool Name: default                     Physical Size: 1TBPhysical Used: 53GB                    Physical Free: 971.02GBFree Space Warn Percentage: 10%_______________________________________________________________________________  
How to delete orphaned virtual volume files on the equallogic