Shredding a volume – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Shredding a volume

Configure data overwrite patterns and the number of overwrite passes from the Shredding Param.
window. By default the number of overwrite passes is three; but you can change this number from
three to up to eight times. The system keeps user-specified settings while the Shred LDEVs window
is open.
1.

Open the Remote Web Console main window.

2.

Select the resource from the Parity Group or an LDEV in LDEVs. The LDEVs tab appears.

3.

Select the volume you want to overwrite, and then click Shred LDEVs.

4.

Click Edit Data Pattern.

The Edit Shredding Data Pattern window appears.

5.

To use the default value, select Default Pattern (00-FF-00), and click OK. To specify custom
settings, select User Setting in *Data Pattern and continue to the next step.

6.

To use the random data setting, select Random Data, and click Add. Random numbers are
added in the Data Pattern(User Setting) table. Click OK to close the Edit Shredding Data Pattern
window.

Volume Shredder workflow

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