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arcconf task

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Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility ● 27 arcconf task Performs a task on a logical drive or a physical drive. Syntax ARCCONF TASK TASK START LOGICALDRIVE [noprompt] TASK STOP LOGICALDRIVE TASK START DEVICE [noprompt] TASK STOP DEVICE Parameters Controller# is the controller number LogicalDrive# is the number of the logical drive in which the task is to be performed ● Logical drive options: ● verify_fix (Verify with fix)-verifies the logical drive redundancy and repairs the drive if bad data is found. ● verify-verifies the logical drive redundancy without repairing bad data. ● clear-removes all data from the drive. ● Physical device options: ● verify_fix-verifies the disk media and repairs the disk if bad data is found. ● verify-verifies the disk media without repairing bad data. ● clear-removes all data from the drive. ● initialize-returns a drive to the READY state (erases the metadata). ● secureerase [password]-removes all data from the drive in a secure fashion to prevent any possible recovery of the erased data. See arcconf atapassword on page 12 for details about setting the password. Example ARCCONF TASK START 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 VERIFY ARCCONF TASK START 1 DEVICE 0 0 INITIALIZE

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Chapter 2: Using the Command Line Utility
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arcconf task
Performs a task on a logical drive or a physical drive.
Syntax
ARCCONF TASK
TASK START <Controller#> LOGICALDRIVE <LogicalDrive#> <options> [noprompt]
TASK STOP
<Controller#> LOGICALDRIVE <LogicalDrive#>
TASK START <Controller#> DEVICE <Channel> <ID> <options> [noprompt]
TASK STOP
<Controller#> DEVICE <Channel> <ID>
Parameters
Controller# is the controller number
LogicalDrive# is the number of the logical drive in which the task is to be performed
Logical drive options:
verify_fix (Verify with fix)—verifies the logical drive redundancy and repairs the drive if
bad data is found.
verify—verifies the logical drive redundancy without repairing bad data.
clear—removes all data from the drive.
Physical device options:
verify_fix—verifies the disk media and repairs the disk if bad data is found.
verify—verifies the disk media without repairing bad data.
clear—removes all data from the drive.
initialize—returns a drive to the READY state (erases the metadata).
secureerase [password]—removes all data from the drive in a secure fashion to prevent
any possible recovery of the erased data. See
arcconf atapassword
on page 12
for details
about setting the password.
Example
ARCCONF TASK START 1 LOGICALDRIVE 1 VERIFY
ARCCONF TASK START 1 DEVICE 0 0 INITIALIZE