HP 12000 Virtual Library System EVA Gateway - Manual (Page 104)

Deleting Cartridges
You can delete one or more cartridges at a time from the VLS. The delete cartridge operation
removes the specified cartridges from the VLS, freeing the storage space previously consumed by
those cartridges for new data. For more security, you can use the licensed Secure Erasure feature.
Secure Erasure provides guaranteed erasure of information on virtual tape cartridges. (You must
purchase a separate license for this feature.) You can schedule all or selected cartridges for a total
data overwrite to ensure that no data can be retrieved. The erasure procedure conforms to NIST
guidelines as required in many regulated industries and government agencies that mandate that
data must be destroyed after a certain period of time. This erasure is comparable to tape shredding
of physical tapes.
CAUTION: If you want to keep data that is currently on a cartridge that you are going to delete,
copy the data to another cartridge using a backup application before performing this task.
NOTE: You cannot delete a cartridge that is currently being accessed by a backup application.
Cancel all replication and deduplication jobs associated with this cartridge first.
You may delete replication cartridges on either the source or the target VLS with the following
results:
•
Deleting a source cartridge results in the mirror copy pool on the target VLS moving to the
Mirror Broken state.
•
Deleting a target cartridge results in the cartridge disappearing from the mirror copy pool on
the source VLS.
To delete cartridges, from Command View VLS:
1.
On the Cartridge Details screen, select all the cartridges that you want to delete and erase.
2. If you have installed a Secure Erasure license, select the With Secure Erasure option if you
want to use Secure Erasure. This option is only available if you have the license installed.
3. Click Go.
The Destroy Cartridge wizard opens and requests confirmation.
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