How to scrub a server in UCS Central/Manager?

[jexhi]

Hi,

I've tried scrubbing servers a few times yet I never seem to find a proper repeatable way to scrub a server. Steps I've tried:

First we activate the Scrub Policy that is set to Scrub Everything on the Service Profile.

Then we try one or more of these:

• Re-Acknowledging the server
• Decommission and then Recommission
• Disassociate and Reassociate from SP

Nothing seem to work, or atleast not in the way it is supposed to or in a repeatable manner.

Has anyone else experienced this or are we doing something wrong? The documentation states that a simple disassociation should activate the Scrub Policy. We're running UCSC v2.0(1q) paired with UCSM 4.2(2c). 

Thanks!

[ITM-Team · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I just did a "scrub" of some SD cards. That would be possible in den Storage tab of the inventory of the server. Although I guess you would like to clear disks and therefor I would think that the Disassociate with a"scrub_all" scrub policy would do the job.
Did the UCS Manager in any way warned you that he would scrub your storage? I know a dialog where you have to confirm that you are aware of the scrubbing.

Another method would be a factory reset: Server maintenance -> Reset to factory defaults.
There you can choose to "Scrub storage" and in my experience this works.

Regards
 Martin

[jexhi]

It could have to do with the fact that we're using UCS Central to decommission the servers. When I did the factory reset you suggested it worked like a charm

I'll probably try to go through UCS Central again and see if I can get it to properly work. If all else fails we'll just revert to doing it from UCS Manager

Thank you!