We have 2 volumes can't detach and delete

Question

We have 2 volumes(vol-63046619 and vol-2c076556) which need to be deleted. However, we can't delete them. They are not attached to any ec2 instances. The below are the command we tried.

$ aws ec2 describe-volumes --region us-east-1 --volume-id vol-63046619
{
    "Volumes": [
        {
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d",
            "Attachments": [],
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Value": "",
                    "Key": "Name"
                }
            ],
            "Encrypted": false,
            "VolumeType": "standard",
            "VolumeId": "vol-63046619",
            "State": "in-use",
            "SnapshotId": "snap-xxxxxxx",
            "CreateTime": "2012-10-01T20:29:01.000Z",
            "MultiAttachEnabled": false,
            "Size": 8
        }
    ]
}

$ aws ec2 delete-volume --region us-east-1 --volume-id vol-63046619

An error occurred (IncorrectState) when calling the DeleteVolume operation: The volume 'vol-63046619' is 'in-use'

$ aws ec2 detach-volume --region us-east-1 --volume-id vol-63046619

An error occurred (IncorrectState) when calling the DetachVolume operation: Volume 'vol-63046619' is in the 'available' state.

$ aws ec2 describe-volumes --region us-east-1 --volume-id vol-2c076556
{
    "Volumes": [
        {
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1d",
            "Attachments": [],
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Value": "xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
                    "Key": "aws:cloudformation:stack-name"
                },
                {
                    "Value": "",
                    "Key": "Name"
                },
                {
                    "Value": "xxxxxxxx",
                    "Key": "aws:cloudformation:logical-id"
                },
                {
                    "Value": "arn:aws:cloudformation:us-east-1:xxxxxxxxxxxxx:stack/xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx",
                    "Key": "aws:cloudformation:stack-id"
                }
            ],
            "Encrypted": false,
            "VolumeType": "standard",
            "VolumeId": "vol-2c076556",
            "State": "in-use",
            "SnapshotId": "",
            "CreateTime": "2012-10-01T20:28:41.000Z",
            "MultiAttachEnabled": false,
            "Size": 5
        }
    ]
}

$ aws ec2 delete-volume --region us-east-1 --volume-id vol-2c076556

An error occurred (IncorrectState) when calling the DeleteVolume operation: The volume 'vol-2c076556' is 'in-use'

$ aws ec2 detach-volume --region us-east-1 --volume-id vol-2c076556

An error occurred (IncorrectState) when calling the DetachVolume operation: Volume 'vol-2c076556' is in the 'available' state.

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We tried detach and force detach from the console too. But it just stuck and doesn't help this case.

Answer

Please raise a support case for this issue. The support team has the tools to help you and can interact with the AWS services in ways that we (here on re:Post) cannot.

We have 2 volumes can't detach and delete

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