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Is option (9b) Clean configuration and initialize node with partitioned disks in the Advanced Drive Partitioning Boot Menu equivalent to disk sanitization?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • FAS and AFF systems
  • Advanced Disk Partitioning

Answer

No.

Using Option (9b) Clean configuration and initialize node with partitioned disks will initializes the system configuration.

While the disk sanitization overwrites and prevents data from being recovered on physical media.

Additional Information

How to decommission or repurpose an HA Pair with ONTAP 9 - NetApp Knowledge Base

How does disk sanitization in ONTAP help to prevent recovery of data? - NetApp Knowledge Base

How to sanitize all disks in ONTAP 9.6 and later - NetApp Knowledge Base

Manage an ONTAP node using the boot menu

 

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