Deleting a namespace for an NVMe device

Use stand-alone diagnostics to delete a namespace for an NVMe device.

For system and stand-alone diagnostic requirements, see Secure data deletion for devices by using stand-alone diagnostics.

  1. If you have already booted the system from stand-alone diagnostics and entered the terminal type, go to step 8.
  2. Power off the system. For instructions, see Stopping a system.
  3. Boot the system from stand-alone diagnostics. For information about running stand-alone diagnostics, see Running the stand-alone hardware diagnostics.
  4. From the Welcome to AIX screen, type 1 to select the terminal that you are using as the system console.
  5. From the Diagnostics Operating Instructions menu, press Enter to continue.
  6. From the Function Selection menu, type 3 to select Task Selection.
  7. From the Define Terminal menu, enter a terminal type.
    Note: If you are using a remote terminal connection such as PuTTY, use either the VT320 or VT340 terminal emulation.
  8. From the Task Selection List, select the NVMe Manager option.
  9. From the NVMe Manager screen, select the Namespace Management and Attachment option.
  10. From the Namespace Management and Attachment screen, select the Delete a Namespace option.
  11. From the Namespace Management Supported Controllers window, select the device for which you want to delete a namespace.
  12. From the Delete a Namespace screen, press F4 (function key 4) to display the NVMe Disk or Namespace Identifier for the selected device.
    Note: If you receive an error message indicating that there are no items of this type, there are no namespaces to delete.
  13. From the NVMe Disk or Namespace Identifier window, select the NVMe Disk or Namespace Identifier to delete.
  14. From the Delete a Namespace screen, press Enter to delete the selected NVMe Disk or Namespace Identifier.
  15. From the ARE YOU SURE screen, press Enter to continue.
  16. From the COMMAND STATUS screen, press F3 (function key 3) to return to the Delete a Namespace screen.
  17. To delete more namespaces, repeat steps 12 through 16. To delete all namespaces, repeat steps 12 through 16 until there are no more namespaces to delete in step 12.
Parent topic: Secure data deletion for an NVMe device


Last updated: Mon, March 23, 2020