deleting user data on old system



Another department at UCLA wants to sell

an AIX system after deleting the user data

from it.



The system only has a rootvg, mirrored over

4 disks. They don't want to delete the OS,

thinking that they need the OS running to sell

the hardware.



I think if I drop the rootvg mirrors

and format the 3 disks that will zap the data on the 3 disks.



I am not sure going thru the remaining rootvg

disk will eliminate all user data references.



Any ideas out there ?



JYard

UCLA













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