Erasing a Virtual Drive

Virtual drive erase operates on a specified virtual drive and overwrites all user-accessible locations. It supports non-zero patterns and multiple passes. Virtual drive erase optionally deletes the virtual drive and erases the data within the virtual drive’s LBA range. Virtual drive erase is a background operation, and it posts events to notify users of their progress.

Perform the following steps to erase a virtual drive.

1.	Navigate to the Controller dashboard, click a drive group name (for example, DG_1). Click the  icon corresponding to a drive group to display its contents.

The virtual drives and physical drives associated with the selected drive group appear.

2.	Click the virtual drive whose content you want to erase.

3.	Select Actions > Erase.

The Virtual Drive Erase dialog appears.

The dialog shows the following modes:

Simple

Normal

Thorough

4.	Select a mode and click Erase Virtual Drive.

NOTE  To delete the virtual drive after the erase operation has been completed, select the Delete Virtual Drive After Erase check box.

A warning message appears asking for your confirmation.

5.	Click Yes, Erase Drive.

Once the virtual drive erase operation has started, the Stop Erase option is enabled in the Actions menu. You can monitor the progress of the erase operation. See Background Operations Support.