bionic (1) nvme-sanitize-log.1.gz
NAME
nvme-sanitize-log - Send NVMe sanitize-log Command, return result
SYNOPSIS
nvme sanitize-log <device>
DESCRIPTION
Retrieves the NVMe Sanitize log page from an NVMe device and provides the status of sanitize command.
The <device> parameter is mandatory NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).
Expected status and description :-
┌────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│Status Code │ Description │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x0000 │ NVM subsystem has never been │
│ │ sanitized. │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x0001 │ The most recent sanitize operation │
│ │ completed successfully. │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x0002 │ A sanitize operation is currently in │
│ │ progress. │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x0003 │ The most recent sanitize operation │
│ │ failed. │
├────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│0x0100 │ Global Data Erased bit If set to 1 │
│ │ then non-volatile storage in the NVM │
│ │ subsystem has not been written to: a) │
│ │ since being manufactured and the NVM │
│ │ subsystem has never been sanitized; │
│ │ or b) since the most recent │
│ │ successful sanitize operation. If │
│ │ cleared to 0, then non-volatile │
│ │ storage in the NVM subsystem has been │
│ │ written to: a) since being │
│ │ manufactured and the NVM subsystem │
│ │ has never been sanitized; or b) since │
│ │ the most recent successful sanitize │
│ │ operation of the NVM subsystem. │
└────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
Sanitize Progress - percentage complete
On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.
OPTIONS
No options yet.
EXAMPLES
• Has the program issue Sanitize-log Command :
# nvme sanitize-log /dev/nvme0
NVME
Part of the nvme-user suite.