ResetDrives

You can use the ResetDrives method to proactively initialize drives and remove all data currently residing on a drive. The drive can then be reused in an existing node or used in an upgraded node.

Parameters

This method has the following input parameters:

Name	Description	Type	Default value	Required
drives	List of device names (not driveIDs) to reset.	string	None	Yes
force	Set to true to reset the drive.	boolean	None	Yes

Return value

This method has the following return value:

Name	Description	Type
details	Details of drives that are being reset.	JSON object array

Request example

Requests for this method are similar to the following example:

{
   "method": "ResetDrives",
   "params": {
      "drives" : "slot3",
      "force" : true
   },
   "id" : 1
}

Response example

This method returns a response similar to the following example:

{
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
   "details": {
    "drives": [
    {
      "drive": "slot3",
      "returnCode": 0,
      "stderr": " * Unlocking /dev/slot9 .[ ok ]\ * Setting master password /dev/slot9 .[ ok ]\ * Secure erasing /dev/slot9 (hdparm) [tries=0/1] ...........................[ ok ]",
      "stdout": ""
    }
   ]
  },
  "duration": "00:00:28.501269",
  "result": "Passed"
  }
}

New since version

9.6