Viewing Shredding Results With The Tasks Window - Hitachi G1000 User Manual

Viewing shredding results with the Tasks window

To verify the results of shredding with the Tasks window.
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. In the Task Properties window, see the Result column in the
Shredding Data Pattern table.
Check the contents to verify whether all the overwriting operations have
been completed normally. If an overwriting pass is not completed
normally, it means the shredding was not successful. If shredding fails,
try shredding the volume again. If shredding fails again, contact the
Hitachi Data Systems Support Center to resolve the error. If the storage
system experiences a power outage during the shredding process, one
of the follow error messages will appear:
4. Click Close to close the Task Properties window.
For more information, see the Managing Tasks section of the Hitachi
Command Suite User Guide or the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000
Mainframe System Administrator Guide.
The following table lists and describes the Volume Shredder status
messages that are displayed in the shredding results.
—
Shredding operation
Normal.
Writing.
Shredding operation not
executed.
Shredding operation
canceled.
Shredding operation
Failed.
Shredding data transfer
error.
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Hitachi Volume Shredder User Guide
Tasks tab, and then click Manage System Tasks.
system, and then click OK.
Shredding operation canceled
Shredding operation failed
Status
The shredding operation was not performed.
The shredding operation was successful.
The shredding operation is in progress.
The shredding operation did not occur as specified.
The shredding operation was canceled, or power to the
system was interrupted.
The shredding operation was not successful, or power to
the system was interrupted.
The system could not write the shredding results to a file.
Volume Shredder operations
Description
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