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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows  Version: 2.1.0 
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winrm i DetachPartition http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService 
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem 
+CreationClassName=DCIM_PersistentStorageService 
+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem 
+Name=DCIM:PersistentStorageService  
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]  
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck  
-encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -file:DetachPartition.xml 
The input file DetachPartition.xml is shown below: 
<p:DetachPartition_INPUT xmlns:p=" http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService"> 
<p:PartitionIndex>12</p:PartitionIndex> 
</p:DetachPartition_INPUT> 
OUTPUT: 
When this method is executed, a jobid or an error message is returned.  
DetachPartition_OUTPUT 
 Job 
 Address = http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous 
 ReferenceParameters 
 ResourceURI = http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob  
 SelectorSet 
 Selector: InstanceID = JID_001270737364, __cimnamespace = root/dcim 
 ReturnValue = 0 
If the partition is already detached, the following message may be displayed: 
DetachPartition_OUTPUT 
 Message = Partition already detached 
 MessageID = VF028 
 ReturnValue = 2 
13.11  Export Data from Partition 
This method is for exporting the contents of a partition to a location specified by the user.  
Use the following algorithm to successfully export data from an existing partition. 
  Enumerate the DCIM_PersistentStorageService class 
  Invoke the ExportDataFromPartition() method on the instance above with the following parameters: 
PartitionIndex: The PartitionIndex property of the DCIM_OpaqueManagementData instance 
that represents the partition to be formatted 
1 to 16 
IPAddress: IP address of TFTP or NFS share  










