Web Services Interface Guide

Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Linux Version: 2.1.0
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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.
Note: A locked(attached) partition cannot be deleted. It must be detached first.
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:
wsman invoke -a DeletePartition http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_PersistentStorageService
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem,CreationClassName=DCIM_PersistentStorageServic
e,SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem,Name=DCIM:PersistentStorageService" -h $IPADDRESS -V -v -c
dummy.cert -P 443
-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD -J DeletePartition.xml -j utf-8 –y basic
The input file DeletePartition.xml is shown below:
<p:DeletePartition_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_PersistentStorageService">
<p:PartitionIndex>1</p:PartitionIndex>
</p:DeletePartition_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
When this method is executed, a ReturnValue or error message is returned.
<n1:DeletePartition_OUTPUT>
<n1:ReturnValue>0</n1:ReturnValue>
</n1:DeletePartition_OUTPUT>
An index that does not exist in the XML file may yield the following error message:
<n1:DeletePartition_OUTPUT>
<n1:Message>Invalid partition index</n1:Message>
<n1:MessageID>VF018</n1:MessageID>
<n1:ReturnValue>2</n1:ReturnValue>
</n1:DeletePartition_OUTPUT>
13.7 Format Partition
This method is for formatting a partition of the type specified by the user.
Use the following algorithm to successfully format an existing partition:
 Enumerate the DCIM_PersistentStorageService class