clearing data for complets system

[Robert Binkley]

I have been given a task to format all media on 2 hp-9000 k220 and the raid array.

I reload os on each server

How can I do this task

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Robert,

Do a vgexport for the volume groups on this system, this will remove all info from the system about these vg's. Once you reload the OS on the root disk, that data is going to get wiped out anyway. You can also do the reload first and then just proceed to create new VG/LV on the disk array. This will delete the old data.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Ravi_8 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

OS installation will remove all the existing data including vg's info.
Formating (using mediainit) the disk will be done only if disk corrupted.