Decommissioning a Partition Image

Decommissioning a partition image deletes the partition image. This process releases the resources back to the resources pool.

Prerequisite: Partition desktop of the partition image that is being decommissioned must have been closed.

 Caution

This action destroys the selected partition image and you can no longer access it.

Note: Prior to decommissioning a partition image, you should use a disk scrubber tool of choice to scrub (remove or render unreadable) the contents of the boot disk to prevent undesirable recovery of data.

To decommission a running partition image

  1. On the Fabric Manager user interface, point to System Administration, and then click CPF System.

  2. Click Platforms and Partitions.

    The Details: Platforms and Partitions screen appears on the right pane.

  3. Expand the desired platform, and then double-click the partition image you want to decommission.

  4. Click Decommission.

    A message asking if you want to stop the partition image before you begin the decommissioning process appears.

  5. Click Yes.

    The status of the partition image changes to Stopped. Events for initiation and completion are logged and displayed in the event console.

Notes:

  • Events for initiation and completion are logged and displayed in the event console.

  • After decommissioning the partition, you should manually format the external data and boot LUNs that were associated with the partition.