Blancco LUN Eraser for Windows User Manual for Version 2.1
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Blancco LUN Eraser for Windows User manual for Version 2.1 www.blancco.com Abstract This is the official Blancco LUN Eraser for Windows User Manual. Blancco is the proven data erasure solution for millions of users around the world. As the pioneer and global leader in data sanitization and end- of-lifecycle solutions, the company offers the most certified data erasure within the industry. Blancco LUN Eraser allows data storage administrators to securely erase individual drives, as well as logical drives (such as LUNs), in an active storage environment. 2 Blancco LUN Eraser User Manual Definitions Item Explanation To execute some actions on a computer administrator rights may be required. This means that Administrator rights only the person with permission and unrestricted access, or the administrator, has the rights to implement said act. The line on the display screen where a command is expected. Generally, the command line is Command line the line that contains the most recently displayed command prompt. A console based program uses a text based interface. Many console applications are Console command line tools. Diskpart Diskpart is a command line utility that supports the use of scripts to automate its procedure. DWORD is one of the terms used to describe a variety of sizes of data. A DWORD consists of DWORD two WORDs which is equal to 32 bits. HASP key HASP key is inserted in a USB port and contains the Blancco licensing data. HTML, which stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. It provides a possibility to create structured documents by denoting structural HTML semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists etc. as well as for links, quotes, and other items. IDE, SCSI, FC and iSCSI are all types of drives with different capacities and traits. They differ IDE, SCSI, FC and iSCSI in everything from cable amount, drives per bus, and transmitting capacity. Logical Unit Number is a unique number, from 0 to 7, used to identify a logical unit (or) SCSI LUN devices (e.g. external hard drives). Shred A legacy term for erasing data securely. Means the same thing than “erase”. String is a data type consisting of a sequence of characters. A string is often carried out as a String word (byte). eXtensible Markup Language is a markup language that defines a set of rules for interpreting XML documents. 3 Blancco LUN Eraser User Manual Table of Content 1 About the solution ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2 Features and Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Key Features ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 System Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.3 System Overview ................................................................................................................................. 7 2.4 Licensing .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2.5 Administrator Rights Required............................................................................................................ 8 3 Install/Uninstall ......................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Evaluation............................................................................................................................................ 9 3.2 Install ................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3 Uninstall .............................................................................................................................................. 9 4 User Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 10 4.1 Usage ................................................................................................................................................. 10 4.2 List attached drives ........................................................................................................................... 10 4.3 Diskpart ............................................................................................................................................. 11 4.4 Erase a drive ...................................................................................................................................... 12 4.5 Erase multiple drives simultaneously ............................................................................................... 13 4.6 Erase a partition ................................................................................................................................ 14 4.7 Erase all fixed drives .......................................................................................................................... 15 4.8 Fusion-io ioMemory erasure ............................................................................................................. 15 4.8.1 Requirements .......................................................................................................................... 15 4.8.2 Normal erasure ........................................................................................................................ 15 4.8.3 NIST Purge erasure .................................................................................................................. 15 4.9 Erasure standards ............................................................................................................................. 16 5 Reporting ................................................................................................................................................. 18 6 Configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 19 6.1 License management ........................................................................................................................ 19 6.2 Custom fields in erasure reports ....................................................................................................... 21 6.3 Automatically connect to the Management Console ....................................................................... 22 6.4 Importing the reports manually to Blancco Management Console.................................................. 23 6.5 Changing the local erasure report path ............................................................................................ 23 6.6 Generating reports in PDF format .................................................................................................... 24 4 Blancco LUN Eraser User Manual 6.7 Buffer size.......................................................................................................................................... 24 6.8 Data verification level ....................................................................................................................... 25 6.9 Limit the erasure speed - advanced option ...................................................................................... 26 6.10 Enable extended hardware reporting - advanced option ........................................................... 26 6.11 Email the report automatically - advanced option ...................................................................... 27 6.12 Short Message Service (SMS) ...................................................................................................... 27 7 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................................... 29 8 Contact information ................................................................................................................................ 30 5 Blancco LUN Eraser User Manual 1 About the solution Blancco LUN Eraser is created for demanding enterprise environments where secure data erasure of individual disks or logical disk units, such as LUNs, needs to be performed in active data storage environments and systems. 6 Blancco LUN Eraser User Manual 2 Features and Requirements 2.1 Key Features Erase any type of disk drive supported by Microsoft Windows, including IDE, SCSI, FC and iSCSI. Easy to use administrative interface based on command line. Multiple drives can be erased concurrently and/or simultaneously. Supports all leading data erasure standards which enable compliance with different policies and regulations referring to erasure standards. Detailed secure reporting based on XML format compliant with Blancco Management Console for centralized reporting. 2.2 System Requirements Windows Server: 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003 R2, 2003 all versions. Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and XP all versions. The Windows OS installed on suitable hardware with: A minimum of 15 MB of free disk space 10 MB of free RAM Mouse or keyboard Appropriate drivers for the drives to be erased .NET 2.0 or later required