HP Surestore Disk Array 12h System Administrator's Guide for HP-UX, MPE, and W - Page 86

HP-UX Using the ARDIAG Offline Diagnostic on HP-UX Operational Command Descriptions Example 2: Internal disk drive ARDIAG> TESTLEVEL 1 ARDIAG> FORMAT * Internal Disk Drive FORMAT * * W A R N I N G ! * * FORMAT cannot continue without a loss of redundancy on the disk array selected! Failure of a disk before redundancy is restored will result in DATA LOSS. Although continuation of this FORMAT will NOT result in direct data loss, it may take several hours before redundancy is restored and a disk failure can be tolerated without data loss. Do you want to continue (y/[n])? y * N O T I C E * * The following FORMAT will require approximately ONE HOUR to complete. During this period you will be unable to perform any other diagnostic activities. Do you want to continue (y/[n])? y FORMATTING... * FORMAT Successfully Completed * ARDIAG> Additional notes: • Any problems detected by the FORMAT command will be displayed with an appropriate error message and a prefix of ERROR, INVALID or FAILED. 86