How to low-level format a hard disk using AIX

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I have a server with AIX 6.1 , I formated some hdisks using diag tool, but in some way some of its VGDA survived.

how may I low-level format a hard disk using AIX?

or

how may I clear the VGDA of a specific hdisk?

thanks

Best Answer

Modern hard disks can't be low level formatted by the OS, the factory does it once and it's permanent after that (except for damage).

If you're looking to zero out the drive, dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/[drive] should work.

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