From: Coyle, Jack (Jack.Coyle@REXHEALTH.COM)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 06:50:49 EDT
What about
diag -> Task Selection -> SSA Service Aids -> Format Disk
Jack Coyle
Rex Healthcare
(919) 784-3792
jack.coyle@rexhealth.com
> ----------
> From: Bill Thompson[SMTP:bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM]
> Reply To: IBM AIX Discussion List
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:34 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Decommissioning some SSA disks
>
> All,
>
> We have some SSA disks that we are returning to the lessor and need to
> eliminate any data that's on them.
>
> I don't seem to be able to select an SSA disk (hdisk or pdisk) with any of
> the standard format commands.
>
> Am I left with something like "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdiskxx" or is
> there
> a better way to eliminate the data on the disks?
>
> Note - I'm not looking for "Government erase". The disks contain only
> old,
> non-production data but I still need to erase it.
>
> TIA
>
> Bill Thompson
> Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
> The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
> 6-0599
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