Shredding Volumes In Parity Groups - Hitachi G1000 User Manual

3. Click More Actions > Shred LDEVs.
4. To save the shredding results to a file, click Set Data Output (you can
output the shredding results of up to three volumes). If you don't want
to save the results to a file, click Cancel Data Output.
5. Click Finish.
6. Verify the settings in the Shred LDEVs window.
When the settings are correct, enter a unique task name or accept the
default name, and click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is selected, the Tasks window will
open.
Related topics
• Shred LDEVs window on page A-2
• Shred LDEVs wizard Confirm window on page A-3
• Blocking a volume on page 2-2
• Stopping a shredding operation on page 2-10

Shredding volumes in parity groups

You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this
task.
To shred a volume in a parity group:
1. Display the parity group to be shredded:
In Hitachi Command Suite:
a. On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand
b. Expand the target storage system, right-click Parity Groups, and
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator (mainframe-only environment):
Display the Parity Groups tab by choosing one of the following steps,
depending on the location of the parity group:
2. Select the parity group you want to shred and confirm the current status
by viewing the Status column of the table.
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If the volume is already blocked, Blocked appears in the status
column.
If the volume is not blocked, a status other than Blocked appears in
the status column. In this case, you need to block the volume before
you can shred it. See
All Storage Systems.
then select System GUI.
In the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups.
In the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups, and then
select Internal or External.
If the parity group is already blocked, Blocked appears in the status
column.
Volume Shredder operations
Blocking a volume on page 2-2.