How to format HP Integrity Server rx6600

[finas]

Dear HP-UX Gurus,
How can I format the HP Integrity Server. We've just done with POC. All the database tables have been dropped. From the server side, how can we format using build-in HP utilities. The HP Integrity is connected to EVA4K. The operating system for the server is 11i. Hope to hear from you soon.

[Torsten.]

"How can I format the HP Integrity Server"

No idea how to format a server. The server already has a format ;-)

Do you possibly want to delete all the data from the disks?

[Geoff Wild]

Format?

newfs will relay a filesystem down (it will destroy existing data).

Rgds...Geoff

[finas]

Hi HP-UX Gurus,
Exactly, I want to delete everything from the server. the server and storage and the loaner server. We would like to return back to the principal. clear everything from the server and storage... like vgexport, those kind of thing, but i'm not sure what to do?

[Dennis Handly]

>I want to delete everything from the server.

You should do a search of ITRC. I found several links like these:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1122177
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=382287
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=458247

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

If all the storage for the system is on the EVA, and that EVA is not shared with other systems, then an Uninitialize of the EVA will sort you out...

Cheers,

Rob

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I do install of the OS, include all availale disks and complete it.

That makes sure any data is not recoverable by the next people that get the system.

For filesystems on the EMC the newfs command will do the job nicely on the data.

raw disk, commonly used for Oracle RAC and other databases will need to be lvremoved (command lvremove) and then lvcreate new logical volumes to replace them. that should clear the data.

lvremove can be used of you want to clear the systems logical volume stucture.

SEP

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

For all your data file systems, ensure your app is down then:

I usually do a bdf and then a fuser -cu on each non OS file system and kill any processess.

Then, newfs /dev/vgXX/lvolXX

Then, lvremove /dev/vgXX/lvolXX

Then vgexport /dev/vgxx

For the OS disk, shutdown as much as you can- or go to single user mode.

newfs the /home file system

then something like this will render it useless (MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THE CORRECT SYSTEM!!!):

rm -rf /opt &
rm -rf /var &
rm -rf /dev &
rm -rf /usr &
rm -rf / &

wait a while - then when things start to fall apart, just power off the server.

Rgds...Geoff