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disk Commands
disk initialize
To initialize a SCSI disk for use with the currently opened controller,
use the
disk initialize
command. This command writes data
structures to the disk so that the controller can use the disk.
Syntax
disk initialize [/always{=boolean}]
[/unconditional{=boolean}]{scsi_device}
Parameters
{scsi_device}
Specifies the ID for the SCSI disk you want to prepare and
initialize for controller use. A SCSI ID consists of a SCSI
channel number (for example, 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.), SCSI device ID
(0 through 15 inclusive), and SCSI device logical unit number
(0 through 7 inclusive).
For further details, see
scsi_device
on page 1-10
.
Switches
/always{=boolean}
Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if the disk has
data on it. If you specify
TRUE
for this switch, the command
initializes the disk even if it has data on it. If arrays on the
disk have open files, this command cannot be used. In other
words, you need to close all open files before you use this
command to initialize a SCSI disk.
The default behavior for the command is
FALSE
; that is, the
disk initialize
command does not initialize a disk that
has data on it. Specifying /
always
overrides this behavior.
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