Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Interrupt Shredding Task window

You can stop the volume shredding process.

If you stop the shredding process, you cannot restart the process. Data integrity of the volume is not guaranteed.

We recommend to use the Tasks window to stop the shredding operation if you want faster response.

Prerequisites

You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this task.

Procedure

You can stop shredding operation from any of the tabs given below

To display the Parity Groups tab in the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups.

To display the LDEVs tab in the Storage Systems tree, select Logical Devices.

You can select Interrupt Shredding Task from the following:

In Hitachi Command Suite: Click More Actions, and then select Interrupt Shredding Task.

In Device Manager - Storage Navigator: Click Actions, and then select Interrupt Shredding Task.

Verify the display settings and click Apply.

The shredding process stops.

If the shredding operation being performed is interrupted, the end times of following tasks in the Tasks window differ:

End time of the shredding task being performed.

End time of the task for the interruption of shredding.

The time difference above is approximately 10 minutes.

To determine whether the shredding task is finished or not, confirm the status of the task. If Status is Completed or Failed, the shredding task is finished.