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List:       toasters
Subject:    Re: Surplussing drives
From:       Mike Horwath <drechsau () visi ! com>
Date:       2004-03-15 17:32:51
Message-ID: 20040315173251.GE20765 () visi ! com
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:42:07AM -0500, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> We are in the process of surplussing a couple old Netapps.  The head
> units are going back to NetApp as part of a rebate program, we are
> keeping some drives/shelves, and surplussing the rest.  My boss wants
> the to-be-surplussed drives wiped before they go out the door.
> 
> I checked the docs and on NOW but didn't find a good way to do this. 
> The to-be-surplussed drives are all in one filer, and all in vol0.  Does
> anyone know a good way to wipe these drives short of a full re-install
> of OnTAP?

Create a new volume, import the old vol0, delete the volume, recreate
it and it will scrub the system clean.

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