Decommission the EMC Centera drive

The decommissioning task removes the EMC Centera drive from the system.

Satisfying internal security and compliance requirements

• Ensure that the decommissioning process complies with all security and regulatory requirements for your organization.

• For auditing purposes, document the decommissioning process.

Obtaining support assistance

If the retention policy for the EMC Centera drive has not yet expired or was never applied (no expiry), contact your support representative to validate compliance and data governance requirements.

• The support team can start the expiration process for all containers stored on the EMC Centera drive.

  Once the containers have been marked as expired, the ArchiverSystem automatically triggers the deletion workflow to remove all associated data from the EMC Centeradrive.

• Confirm that the deletion process is complete before proceeding with any subsequent migration or decommissioning activities.

Before you begin 

Change transfer drives to Archive drives

Procedure 

1. Remove the EMC Centera drive from Recorder Manager:

   1. In Recorder Manager, under Operations, find the Archive group and select Drives.

   2. Select the EMC Centera drive and then click Delete.

   3. From the confirmation dialog box that displays, click OK.

2. Remove the EMC Centera drive from Enterprise Manager:

   1. From the Campaigns area of Recording Management, select Archive Media.

   2. Select the EMC Centera media and then click Delete.

   3. From the confirmation dialog box that displays, click OK.

3. Remove the EMC Centera storage from the system according to the hardware disposal policy for your organization.