From: James Jackson (James.Jackson@MAIL.STATE.AR.US)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 11:34:33 EDT
Bill,
Try scripting up the command "ssa_format -l <pdisk>". Excerpt from the
SSA User Guide:
"The ssa_format -l pdisk command opens the pdisk special file, and uses
the ISAL Format command to format the device. You can close the device
while the format operation is running. If the command cannot format the
device, it prints and error message."
HTH,
James Jackson
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Thompson [mailto:bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:01 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Decommissioning some SSA disks
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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