sg_format fails on HGST HUSMM1640ASS201

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dresselj

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Hoping someone here can help me. I recently bought some used EMC HGST SSDs and I'm having trouble getting them formatted and usable.

When I try to run "sg_format --format --size=512 -v /dev/sg1" on CentOS 7 with the drive connected through an H310 flashed to IT mode I get "Sense Key: Data Protect Additional sense: Access denied - no access rights Format command failed FORMAT failed"

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I get the same error when I run a "sg_sanitize -B -v /dev/sg1"

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A few other users were reporting a similar issue at https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ormat-hdd-ssd-to-512b-sector-size.4968/page-5 and one claimed to have solved it using sedutil-cli but when I run a "sedutil-cli --scan" I don't get any disks back.

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Does anyone have any suggestions to get these drives working? Thanks in advance!
 

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It seems, you have to configure the "encryption key" before to be able to use it.
I never used theses, but you should have a key labeled on the disk itself.
 
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nephri

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I haven't any experience with SED disks, and didn't known how to achieve this.
I hoped that sedutil was useful like you tried but i didn't know why it didn't detect your drive...

can you try with another HBA (in passthrough mode) to be sure it's not because your HBA is hiding something ?
 
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dresselj

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I still can't see the drive with "sedutil-cli --scan" using an HBA330 as well so I think I've ruled out the HBA at this point. Does anyone have any other suggestions? All of the sedutil-cli commands fail on the disk as "Invalid or unsupported disk".
 
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Marsh

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I brought a bunch of cheap 4TB SAS disks with 528 sector.
I tried to use sg_format , sg_format failed to re-format disk to 512.

I almost gave up ,then I found this setblocksize, it worked and I was able to format the disk to 512

ahouston/setblocksize
./setblocksize -b512 -t1200 /dev/sg2
 
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davidthuong

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dresselj said:
Hoping someone here can help me. I recently bought some used EMC HGST SSDs and I'm having trouble getting them formatted and usable.

When I try to run "sg_format --format --size=512 -v /dev/sg1" on CentOS 7 with the drive connected through an H310 flashed to IT mode I get "Sense Key: Data Protect Additional sense: Access denied - no access rights Format command failed FORMAT failed"

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I get the same error when I run a "sg_sanitize -B -v /dev/sg1"

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A few other users were reporting a similar issue at https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ormat-hdd-ssd-to-512b-sector-size.4968/page-5 and one claimed to have solved it using sedutil-cli but when I run a "sedutil-cli --scan" I don't get any disks back.

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Does anyone have any suggestions to get these drives working? Thanks in advance!
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i have same . how to format disk
 
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sivanov

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Try formatting with current sector size first, then re-format with 512b sector size. It seems that firmware refuse change sector size unless it sees the drive as "empty".
 
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davidthuong

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dresselj said:
Hoping someone here can help me. I recently bought some used EMC HGST SSDs and I'm having trouble getting them formatted and usable.

When I try to run "sg_format --format --size=512 -v /dev/sg1" on CentOS 7 with the drive connected through an H310 flashed to IT mode I get "Sense Key: Data Protect Additional sense: Access denied - no access rights Format command failed FORMAT failed"

View attachment 12606

I get the same error when I run a "sg_sanitize -B -v /dev/sg1"

View attachment 12607

A few other users were reporting a similar issue at https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ormat-hdd-ssd-to-512b-sector-size.4968/page-5 and one claimed to have solved it using sedutil-cli but when I run a "sedutil-cli --scan" I don't get any disks back.

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Does anyone have any suggestions to get these drives working? Thanks in advance!
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i have same issue
 
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bonox

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The datasheet for these suggests that the end 1 code is an encrypted drive

I've observed in the past a pile of similar format related errors until the encryption is released/reset. Perhaps have a read of this

Utility for Unlocking HGST SED Disk Drives with MSID

Solution: OK We got it! YAAAAY!Place drives in Dell Server with H730p controller. Goto config utility (CTRL+R). Goto Physical Drive Management (CTRL+N) Hit F2
community.spiceworks.com

of course, if you've got locked firmware you may be sol unless you can find an alternative.
 
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