Re: Erasing/Decomissioning DASD

Erasing AS/400 disk drives is a perennial topic, usually during audit season
(not to be confused with Wabbit Season or Duck Season :)

And since I'm sure one day I will scratch my head and ask, "Now what was
that PRPQ for the disk erasing...?" While Google is your friend, at least
on the midrange wiki, you are only getting AS/400 information.

http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/5799-SD1

Brian.

"Luis Rodriguez" <luis.rodriguez2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:mailman.1699.1187288589.31758.midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi all,

Some months ago there was a discussion on this list about
the best method to decommissioning system disks. There was
even some comments about using them for target practice, as
an effective method of removing disk data.

Well, Save your shells!! I apologize if this had appeared
before but, reading a Redbook about the new models, I ran
across the PRPQ 5799-SD1 which, in IBM lingo, "sanitizes"
disk drives according to DoD standards..

You can get more info about this in Technote No. 454862776:

http://tinyurl.com/3e5bun

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Luis Rodriguez


Luis Rodriguez

IBM Certified Systems Expert
eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions



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