Workflow for shredding

Use the following workflow to shred volumes using Volume Shredder:

  1. Viewing shredding status with the Logical Devices window (Volume status should be Normal.)
  2. Blocking a volume
  3. Calculating the number of overwrite passes for flash drives if you are shredding a volume on a flash drive.

    Or, Calculating the number of overwrite passes for FMDs if you are shredding a volume on an FMD.

  4. Defining shredding conditions
  5. Shredding a volume
  6. Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Tasks window
  7. Viewing shredding results in the compressed files to check results in the results file.