11-10-2009
Hello sumarthi,
You have 2 options here:
Option 1:Wipe disk using Diag boot
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1. Assuming it is rootvg disk, you have to start(boot) the server using AIX Diagnostic CD.
2. Task Selection -> Format Media (if the disks are from datavg, make sure you format rootvg disk last in sequence)
-> select disk(select disk using enter, proceed using F7 rootvg disk do in sms mode)
-> Erase Disk -> Enter, Yes-> Write patterns to drive
-> choose number of different pattern to write (3 patterns is sufficient, according to dept of defense standard, others option optional) -> F7(commit)
Option 2:Zero Filled the hdisk manually using cmd line
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1. Depending on your requirements there are a couple of ways to do this.
If your requirment is to keep the average hacker from getting to the
data then the following dd command works great:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rhdisk0 bs=1m
(dd the disks with the rootvg last)
2. eg:
hdisk0 00c7ae3a90d38044 rootvg active
hdisk1 00c7ae3a95f249c6 datavg active
hdisk3 00c7ae3ae5ec7b97 datavg2 active
hdisk4 0002c6bf97d139ad testvg active
Set a loop script with the rootvg hard disk last to be wiped:
"for x in 4 3 1 0
do
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rhdisk$x bs=1m
done"
Then I do other stuff and check it after a few hours.
Test to see if the machine will boot, definitely it won't. Success!
p/s : Thanks Neo for the nomination. Appreciate!
GOOD LUCK!
Shiniraz
Malaysia
Last edited by shiniraz; 11-10-2009 at 07:20 AM..
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NAME
isohybrid -- Post-process an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs or genisoimage to allow hybrid booting as a CD-ROM or as a hard disk.
SYNOPSIS
isohybrid [OPTIONS] <boot.iso>
DESCRIPTION
The isohybrid utility modifies a an ISO 9660 image generated with mkisofs, genisoimage, or compatible utilities, to be bootable as a CD-ROM
or as a hard disk.
OPTIONS
-h <X>
Number of default geometry heads
-s <X>
Number of default geometry sectors
-e <X>, --entry <X>
Specify parititon entry number (1-4)
-o <X>, --offset <X>
Specify partition offset (default 0)
-t <X>, --type <X>
Specify MBR ID (default random)
-u, --uefi
Build EFI bootable image
-m, --mac
Add Apple File Protocol partition table support
--forcehd0
Assume we are laoded as disk ID 0
--ctrlhd0
Assume disk ID 0 if the Ctrl key is pressed
--partok
Allow booting from within a partition
-?, --help
Display help
-v, --verbose
Display verbose output
-V, --version
Display version information
SEE ALSO
mkisofs(1)
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