private void validate() {
    assert isValidating();
    RECOVER_VALUES = false; // save memory @todo should Oplog make sure
                            // value is deserializable?
    liveEntryCount = 0;
    deadRecordCount = 0;
    for (DiskRegionView drv : getKnown()) {
      scheduleForRecovery(ValidatingDiskRegion.create(this, drv));
    }
    recoverRegionsThatAreReady();
    if (getDeadRecordCount() > 0) {
      System.out.println("Disk store contains " + getDeadRecordCount() + " compactable records.");
    }
    System.out
        .println("Total number of region entries in this disk store is: " + getLiveEntryCount());
  }
Destroy a region which has not been created.

@param regName the name of the region to destroy
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/DiskStoreImpl.java