Viewing Shredding Status With The Logical Devices Window; Stopping A Shredding Operation - Hitachi G1000 User Manual

Viewing shredding status with the Logical Devices
window
You can verify the progress of shredding operations using either the Logical
Devices window or the Tasks window. For details about using the Tasks
window, see
To view the shredding status in the Logical Devices window:
1. Open the Logical Devices window:
In Hitachi Command Suite:
a. On the Resources tab, expand the Storage Systems tree, and
b. Right-click Volumes, and then select System GUI.
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator (mainframe-only environment):
In the Storage Systems tree, click Logical Devices.
2. Verify the shredding progress in the Logical Devices window. When the
volume shredding is in progress, the Status column displays
Shredding.
For details about the Logical Devices window, see the Hitachi Virtual
Storage Platform G1000 Provisioning Guide for Open Systems or the
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Provisioning Guide for Mainframe
Systems.

Stopping a shredding operation

You can stop the volume shredding process.
Caution: If you stop the shredding process, you cannot restart the
process. Data integrity of the volume is not guaranteed.
You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this
task.
1. Open the Tasks window:
In Hitachi Command Suite:
a. On the Tasks & Alerts tab, click All Tasks, select the System
b. In the Manage System Tasks window, select the desired storage
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator (mainframe-only environment):
In the Storage Systems tree, select Tasks.
2. Click the task name of the desired task in the Task Name column.
The Task Properties window opens.
3. Click Abort in the Shredding Data pattern field.
4. Verify the displayed settings and click Yes.The shredding process stops.
5. Click Close in the Task Properties window.
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then expand the target storage system.
Tasks tab, and then click Manage System Tasks.
system, and then click OK.
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