From: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 09:00:41 EDT
Jack,
I'd forgotten about the SSA Service Aids menu. Thanks.
However, I have about 300 SSA disks to format and was hoping I could
access something from the command line so I could script it.
Anybody know how to do this?
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Coyle, Jack" <Jack.Coyle@REXHEALTH.COM>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:50 AM
Subject: Re: Decommissioning some SSA disks
> 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
> >
> > Contains Confidential and/or Proprietary Information.
> > May Not Be Copied or Disseminated Without Express Consent of The
> > Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
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