1. An apparatus for virtualized storage control, operable in communication with a host and having mapped and unmapped storage resource pools, and comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: select a target from the mapped storage resource pool for a destructive data storage operation; responsive to the selection of the target from the mapped storage resource pool, create a virtual target from the unmapped storage resource pool to represent the target; responsive to the selection of the target from the mapped storage resource pool, move the target to a protected storage resource pool; responsive to the creation of the virtual target from the unmapped storage resource pool, move the virtual target to the mapped storage resource pool; and perform the destructive data storage operation on the virtual target.