The Devices widget, Segment Controllers SEGMENT CONTROLLERS tab, allows you to erase data on the SD card, as well as to reformat the SD Cardcard, using the CMS. You can also erase data on the SD card using the SmartServer Linux console. This section describes these operations and consists of the following:

Erasing Data on the SD Card

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Determining SD Card Usage

For SmartServer 3.3 and prior, use the Storage widget as described in Managing the SmartServer SD Card (Release 3.3 and Prior) to determine the SD card usage.

For SmartServer 3.4 and higher, use the SmartServer app bar Storage display to determine the SD card usage. Storage reflects percentage used internal storage (stored in /var/apollo)  / percentage used SD card storage (stored in /media/sdcard). 

Erasing Data on the SD Card

Using the CMS

You can use the SmartServer CMS to erase the contents of the SD card. To delete SmartServer database and system backup files from the SD card, perform the following steps:

1. Open the SmartServer CMS.
   
   

2. Open the Devices widget, SEGMENT CONTROLLERS tab, and click . Click the Expand button (  ).

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3. Click the Action button () and select the Erase SD Card action.

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   The following dialog box appears:
   
   
   
   
4. Make sure that you intend to erase the data on the SD card, including the CMS database, before continuing with the next step.
   
   
5. Click OK to erase the contents of the SD Cardcard, including the CMS database.

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1. Connect and log into to the SmartServer. See Connecting to Your SmartServer for more information.
   
   

2. Enter the following command to change to the /media/sdcard/backups directory:
   

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   cd /media/sdcard/backups

   
   

3. Enter the following command to view the directory file contents and its size:
   

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   ls -s

   
   The database backups (.zip files) and system backup files are backups (.tgz files) are stored with the date and time of their creation encoded into the name using the format yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss as shown in the following examples:

   Note: Database backups are .zip files and full system backups are .tgz files.

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   total 868180

   
   

   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10258111 May  6 23:19 SmartServer-DB-Backup-2021-05-07-031940.zip

   
   

   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 878744783 May  7 00:12 SmartServer-System-Backup-2021-05-07-035021.tgz

   
   

4. Make sure that you intend to erase the data on the SD card, including the CMS database, before continuing with the next step.
   
   

5. Use the Linux rm command to remove a file(s) as shown in the following examples with the date and time specific to files:
   

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   rm SmartServer-DB-Backup-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss.zip

   
   

   rm SmartServer-System-Backup-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss.zip

   Use the following command to remove all of the contents of the /media/sdcard/backups directory:
   

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   rm *

   
   

Reformatting the SD Card Using the CMS

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To reformat the SD Card using card using the SmartServer CMS, perform the following steps:

1. Open the SmartServer CMS.
   
   

2. Open the Devices widget, SEGMENT CONTROLLERS tab and click . Click the Expand button (  ). 

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3. Click the Action button () and select the Format SD Card action.

   
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   The following dialog box appears:
   
   
   
   
4. Make sure that you intend to erase the data on the SD card, including the CMS database, before continuing with the next step.
   
   
5. Click OK to reformat the SD card and erase all the its data on the card.