Deleting the data in the target volume – HP XP Data Shredder Software User Manual

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Format List become equal to N, the number of shredding operations, including the Last Data
row.

The number of rows = The number of shredding operations to perform.

N = The number of shredding operations necessary to overwrite data in target volume with
dummy data (see

“ Calculating the Number of Shredding Operations Necessary to Overwrite

Data in Target Volume with Dummy Data to Delete” (page 93)

).

CAUTION:

Performing Volume Shredder once can set the parameters for performing

dummy-data writes up to eight times.

This is possible if the capacity of the data-deleting target volume per flash disk exceeds the
following:

Capacity of target volume per flash disk

For

11GB or more

SDT2 * — S072FC

21GB or more

SDT2 * — S146FC

29GB or more

SDT2 * — S200FC

58GB or more

SDT2 * — S400FC

(The data-deleting capacity per flash disk = capacity of target volume / data in RAID
configuration.)

In addition, integrating target volumes can reduce the number of Volume Shredder operations.

If the capacity of a data-deleting target volume is less than those described, you must perform
a Volume Shredder operation (

“Defining the Shredding Settings” (page 89)

and

“Deleting the

Data in the Target Volume” (page 90)

) twice or more.

Repeat the Volume Shredding operation until the number of dummy data writes equals the
number of shredding operations N.

8.

Click OK. The Shredding Param. dialog box closes.

NOTE:

To delete a row from the Format List, select the row, and click Delete. You cannot delete

the row that is defined as Last Data.

Deleting the Data in the Target Volume

To execute a shredding operation to delete data from volumes:

1.

Make sure that Remote Web Console is in Modify mode.

For detailed information about Modify mode, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000
Remote Web Console User Guide
.

2.

Check the table in the Customized Volume window (

“Customized Volume Window” (page 26)

)

to make sure that the target volumes are in Blocked status (if necessary, scroll the table to the
right to view the status).

If the status of the volumes is not Blocked, change the status to Blocked (see

“Preparing to Use

Volume Shredder” (page 23)

).

3.

Select the target volumes in the LDEV table in the Customized Volume window (

“Customized

Volume Window” (page 26)

), and right-click and select Shredding. A message appears.

4.

Click OK to close the message. The information about the target volumes is shown in blue
bold italics.

5.

Click Apply. The Shredding Data Output dialog box appears; data has not yet been deleted
from the volumes.

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