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.)

  1. Blocking a volume

  1. 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.

  1. Defining shredding conditions

  1. Shredding a volume

  1. Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Tasks window

  1. Viewing shredding results in the compressed files to check results in the results file.