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ResetDrives

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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