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Hi Andrew,<br />
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the SAN will be re-used by someone else (we will be returning them to the &nbsp;Leasing company). The drives have not been wiped as yet.<br />
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I thought about using dban &nbsp;but we are in a time crunch to return the old equipment.<br />
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I will check out the EMC solution to see how much this cost.<br />
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Thank you.
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Hi Andrew,<br />
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I know you are the VMware expert. Do you mind looking at the ticket below for me?<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28927528/vSphere-Distribution-Switch-Configuration-6-0.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28927528/vSphere-Distribution-Switch-Configuration-6-0.html</a><br />
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Thanks
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I think it would be best to arrange EMC to wipe it because they will give you a certificate.<br />
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Which you may need for your insurance or Management!
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@Andrew I apologize for incorrectly linking a PDF document and appreciate you fixing the referenced URL. I was not trying to insult the posters intelligence, but was trying to provide a reference document (that I did not have) on a service that I had conducted 90 days ago. With that said -- in the future I would advise against publicly chastising other IT peers , because that would be just rude and doesn't add value to the poster.
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Thank you both for your input on this item, I appreciate it.
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Hi experts,<br />
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I have EMC SAN that we will be decommissioning and are required to wipe the data off the SAN before returning it.<br />
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Any ideas on the best way to wipe the data off the SAN? We would like to persevere the integrity of the drives (we do not want to destroy the drives).<br />
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<br />
Thanks
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Hi experts,

I have EMC SAN that we will be decommissioning and are required to wipe the data off the SAN before returning it.

Any ideas on the best way to wipe the data off the SAN? We would like to persevere the integrity of the drives (we do not want to destroy the drives).


Thanks

Wiping the Data off a EMC SAN

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