From: James Jackson (James.Jackson@MAIL.STATE.AR.US)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 14:26:04 EDT
Bill,
It looks like you can use the command "ssa_progress -l <pdisk>" to check
the status of a formatting disk. I've not used it, but according to the
SSA doc it "shows how much (by percentage) of a format operation has
been completed, and to show the status of the format operation. The
status can be "Complete", "Formatting", or "Failed". It provides output
like "Formatting 30" (for 30% complete), "Complete 100", etc.
Wish I had practical experience to offer, but this looks like it'll fit
the bill (no pun intended).
:-)
JJackson
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Thompson [mailto:bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:41 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Decommissioning some SSA disks
James,
I tried the ssa_format command before, but it didn't seem to do anything
(I
got a prompt back in less than one second).
I tried it again just now and got the same response however I
immediately
ran it again on the same disk (which I hadn't done before) and got the
following message:
ssa_format: pdisk5 is being formatted.
Does this mean it formats the drive in the background? How do I know
when
it's done? Will this be enough to effectively remove the data on the
disk
(e.g.: can no longer perform an importvg)
I don't have any documentation for the command so any input will be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jackson" <James.Jackson@MAIL.STATE.AR.US>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Decommissioning some SSA disks
> 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
> > >
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> > > May Not Be Copied or Disseminated Without Express Consent of The
> > > Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
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