The command “drop partition scheme <scheme_name>” results in error “partition scheme <scheme_name> does not exist” (4297050)

The following errors occur when issuing the command to drop a partition scheme:

sp_ctrl (alvsupu15:5438)> drop partition scheme scheme2

  This action will remove all partitions for partition scheme scheme2.  Are you

sure? [n] y

   Partition scheme scheme2 does not exist

.

.

Incorrect partition scheme name specified.

The name of the partition scheme specified in the command “drop partition scheme <scheme_name>” is incorrect.

Re-issue the command with the correct partition scheme name as shown in example below:

sp_ctrl (alvsupu15:5438)> drop partition scheme scheme1

  This action will remove all partitions for partition scheme scheme1.  Are you sure? [n] y                    

Once you issue the command with the correct partition scheme to remove, it will simply remove the scheme and all partitions associated with it without showing any other response and you will simply see the sp_ctrl prompt as below:

sp_ctrl (alvsupu15:5438)>