Running or scheduling Trim

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
In Management Server Console, you can run or schedule an SSD Trim operation. A Trim operation allows an operating system to inform a solid-state drive (SSD) which blocks of data are no longer considered in use and can be wiped internally. Trim enables the SSD to handle garbage collection overhead, that would otherwise significantly slow down future write operations to the involved blocks. Trim can be used by Storage Foundation (VxFS or VxVM) to clean up the blocks that do not have any valid data in it, making it available for optimum utilization of SSD drives. If a volume has only thin reclaimable LUNs, or only SSDs, or both, InfoScale Operations Manager performs reclamation on the thin LUNs and Trim operation on the SSD devices.
This operation can be launched from the contexts of disks and volumes.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the host or the Server perspective. The permission on the host may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization.
To run or schedule a Trim command
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Server perspective and expand Manage in the left pane.
  2. Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Hosts to locate and select the host.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Expand the host. Expand Disk Groups under the host to locate and select a disk group. Right-click and selectDisks>Trim.
    • Expand the host. Expand Volume under the host to locate and select a volume. Right-click and selectFile System>Trim.
  4. In the panel Trim - Run/Schedule wizard panel, select if you want to run or schedule the command. Enter the schedule frequency options and click OK.
See Trim - Run or Schedule panel options.
  1. In the Result panel, verify that the schedule has been set up successfully. Click OK.
See About managing disks.