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Hi everyone,

I know very little about 3par systems and I have a 3par 7200C. What I want is to delete all data and configuration in it. So I want to reset it to factory settings. How can I do that ?

baldyistaken wrote:Hi everyone,

I know very little about 3par systems and I have a 3par 7200C. What I want is to delete all data and configuration in it. So I want to reset it to factory settings. How can I do that ?

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c02980480 This one is still pretty valid.

Just remember to extract the license key of the system before you do so. If you don't have the license key you will be unable to bring it back to life.

If you're doing this for decommision before throwing it away, remember that this will overwrite/delete the data on the drives. It will not do a full 3-pass wipe. For such requirements you need data santitization or a degausser.

MammaGutt wrote:

baldyistaken wrote:Hi everyone,

I know very little about 3par systems and I have a 3par 7200C. What I want is to delete all data and configuration in it. So I want to reset it to factory settings. How can I do that ?

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c02980480 This one is still pretty valid.

Just remember to extract the license key of the system before you do so. If you don't have the license key you will be unable to bring it back to life.

If you're doing this for decommision before throwing it away, remember that this will overwrite/delete the data on the drives. It will not do a full 3-pass wipe. For such requirements you need data santitization or a degausser.

Hello MammaGutt,

I dont have console user credentials. How can i reset credentials ?

baldyistaken wrote:

MammaGutt wrote:

baldyistaken wrote:Hi everyone,

I know very little about 3par systems and I have a 3par 7200C. What I want is to delete all data and configuration in it. So I want to reset it to factory settings. How can I do that ?

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c02980480 This one is still pretty valid.

Just remember to extract the license key of the system before you do so. If you don't have the license key you will be unable to bring it back to life.

If you're doing this for decommision before throwing it away, remember that this will overwrite/delete the data on the drives. It will not do a full 3-pass wipe. For such requirements you need data santitization or a degausser.

Hello MammaGutt,

I dont have console user credentials. How can i reset credentials ?

what 3PAR OS version is displayed at the console screen?

there most exist a way to access the 'console' for factoryreset and other functions on OS 3.2.2 and above.

is it possible to boot the linux operating system into single user and disable the "dynamic secure one time password" that "only" hp-support can provide.

soo.
its just a normal linux system.

1) take out the SATA SSD module from node
2) mount the partition (in some machine that can read/write linux filesystem)
3) edit etc/passwd and copy root line and replace it with like 'toor' user
4) edit etc/shadow and copy root lite and replace it with 'toor'. and paste your own hash (openssl passwd -6 <your_secret_clear_password>)
5) unmount and re-insert the SATA SSD modle to node and boot.

got root?