Additional root-data partitioning management options

Beginning with ONTAP 9.4, a new root-data partitioning option is available from the Boot Menu that provides additional management features for disks that are configured for root-data partitioning.

The following management features are available under the Boot Menu Option 9.

• Unpartition all disks and remove their ownership information

  This option is useful if your system is configured for root-data partitioning and you need to reinitialize it with a different configuration.

• Clean configuration and initialize system with partitioned disks

  This option is useful for the following:

  • Your system is not configured for root-data partitioning and you would like to configure it for root-data partitioning
  • Your system is incorrectly configured for root-data partitioning and you need to correct it
  • You have an AFA platform or a Hybrid platform with only SSDs attached that is configured for the previous version of root-data partitioning and you want to upgrade it to the newer version of root-data partitioning to gain increased storage efficiency

• Clean configuration and initialize system with whole disks

  This option is useful if you need to:

  • Unpartition existing partitions
  • Remove local disk ownership
  • Reinitialize your system with whole disks using RAID-DP