Administering Disks (Task Map)
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Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
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Identify the disks on a system |
If you are not sure of the types of disks on a system, use the format utility to identify the disk types. | |
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Format the disk |
Determine whether a disk is already formatted by using the format utility. | |
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In most cases, disks are already formatted. Use the format utility if you need to format a disk. | |
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Display slice information |
Display slice information by using the format utility. | |
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Label the disk |
Create the disk label by using the format utility. | |
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Examine the disk label |
Examine the disk label by using the prtvtoc command. | |
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Recover a corrupted disk label |
You can attempt to recover a disk label that was damaged due to a system or power failure. | |
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Create a format.dat entry |
Create a format.dat entry to support a third-party disk. | |
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Automatically configure a SCSI disk |
You can automatically configure a SCSI disk with the SCSI-2 specification for disk device mode sense pages even if the specific drive type is not listed in the /etc/format.dat file. | |
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Repair a defective disk sector |
Identify a defective disk sector by using the format utility. |
How to Identify a Defective Sector by Using Surface Analysis |
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If necessary, fix a defective disk sector |
Fix a defective disk sector by using the format utility. |
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