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13.6 Delete Partition
This method is for deleting a partition on a storage device. When this method is successfully executed,
the instance of DCIM_OpaqueManagementData representing the desired partition along with the
association instance of DCIM_ServiceAffectsElement will be deleted. The AvailableSize property of the
associated storage media will increase by the size of the deleted partition.
Invoke DeletePartition() with the following parameters and syntax:
PartitionIndex: The PartitionIndex property of the DCIM_OpaqueManagementData instance
that represents the partition to be removed
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EXAMPLE:
winrm i DeletePartition http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem
+CreationClassName=DCIM_PersistentStorageService
+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem
+Name=DCIM:PersistentStorageService
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]:443/wsman
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD] -auth:basic
-encoding:utf-8 -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck
-file:[DIRECTORYPATH]\DeletePartition.xml
The input file DeletePartition.xml is shown below:
<p:DeletePartition_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService">
<p:PartitionIndex>1</p:PartitionIndex>
</p:DeletePartition_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
When this method is executed, a ReturnValue or error message is returned.
DeletePartition_OUTPUT
ReturnValue = 0
An index that does not exist in the XML file may yield the following error message:
DeletePartition_OUTPUT
Message = Invalid partition index
MessageID = VF018
ReturnValue = 2
13.7 Format Partition
This method is for formatting a partition of the type specified by the user.