With today's DASD the only way to ensure that the data is gone is to write garbage to cylinder after cylinder, volume after volume, until the device can no longer store anymore data.
________________________________________ From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Tully Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:13 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: DASD Secure Erase All auditors requirements vary, but at one point I was required to clear dasd during a disaster recovery test and we were able to get by with a ickdsf format cyl 0-end of every data volume. This of course added signifant time to our process. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hughes, Jim - OIT" Date: Friday, June 23, 2006 2:41 pm Subject: DASD Secure Erase To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > What software/procedure/etc. is accepted by auditors to erase > secure and > sensitive data from your dasd? > > _______________________ > Jim Hughes > 603-271-5586 > "Impossible is just an opinion." > "Your career is what you're paid for, your calling is what > you're made > for." >
