May 18, 20215 yr Are there any reson to that I am not able to preclear this drive? sg_format gives me this info if there is please let me know the syntax for sg_format to fix it. IBM-XIV ST4000NM0043 C1 EC5C peripheral_type: disk [0x0] << supports protection information>> Unit serial number: Z1Z2C4FQ0000941309K8 LU name: 5000c500579305c7 Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes: <<< longlba flag set (64 bit lba) >>> Number of blocks=7814037168 [0x1d1c0beb0] Block size=512 [0x200] Read Capacity (16) results: Protection: prot_en=0, p_type=0, p_i_exponent=0 Logical block provisioning: lbpme=0, lbprz=0 Logical blocks per physical block exponent=0 Lowest aligned logical block address=0 Number of logical blocks=7814037168 Logical block size=512 bytes Best regards Clint_45
May 18, 20215 yr Have you removed any protection. Xiv drives previous post have protection but doesnt seem to indicate from sgformat Formatted with type 2 protection 8 bytes of protection information per logical block Are you able to post smart report for the drive? Edited May 18, 20215 yr by SimonF
May 18, 20215 yr Author do you know syntax for sg_format to remove any protection? Best regards Clint45
May 18, 20215 yr Author I am now trying this syntax sg_format --fmtpinfo=0 --pfu=0 --format --ffmt=1 /dev/sdf Edited May 18, 20215 yr by Clint45
May 18, 20215 yr Author I will let it go and see if I can preclear it after but it takes a few Hours to run, I will update tomorrow /Clint45
May 18, 20215 yr A link with more info if you need. http://talesinit.blogspot.com/2015/11/formatted-with-type-2-protection-huh.html
May 20, 20215 yr Author I think I have found the problem the ST4000NM0043 is a SED drive (self encrypted drive) and I dont think unraid supports it.
May 20, 20215 yr 42 minutes ago, Clint45 said: I think I have found the problem the ST4000NM0043 is a SED drive (self encrypted drive) and I dont think unraid supports it. Found this online I also had 48 Seagate SED drives that were locked and I use the SeaTools for windows with the PSID number on the drive and boom they are unlocked and we can erase them and re-purpose them no problem. You can install seatools on unraid details in this thread.
May 23, 20215 yr Author the problem was TCG protection once I removed it withe the tools in Seachest they are god to go. the command i used was SeaChest_Security_x86_64-linux-gnu -d /dev/sgXX --revertSP --confirm this-will-erase-data --psid "your psid writen on the lable" if you want to check if protection is active on not run SeaChest_Security_x86_64-linux-gnu -d /dev/sgXX -i thank you all for the help /Clint45
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