Seagate 7e8 Exos SAS Medium is write protected

[billmcc1280]

Hey guys,

I have 3 ST8000NM0065 SAS drives that I at first thought were locked. After days of googling I finally found a command that would allow me to access the drive and format it. However, In my excitement I did not save the page. It was on this site though.

No matter the utility I use I get the same information. No protection. Not encrypted. No password. Except the following. Medium is write protected!

Vendor ID: SEAGATE
Model Number: ST8000NM0065
Serial Number: ZA175RVC
PCBA Serial Number: 0000R731NQAU
Firmware Revision: K004
World Wide Name: 5000C50093BFD883
Date Of Manufacture: Week 19, 2017
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2017 Seagate All rights reserved
Drive Capacity (TB/TiB): 8.00/7.28
Temperature Data:
Current Temperature (C): 43
Highest Temperature (C): Not Reported
Lowest Temperature (C): Not Reported
Power On Time: Not Reported
Power On Hours: Not Reported
MaxLBA: 1953506645
Native MaxLBA: Not Reported
Logical Sector Size (B): 4096
Physical Sector Size (B): 4096
Sector Alignment: 0
Rotation Rate (RPM): 7200
Medium is write protected!
Form Factor: 3.5"
Last DST information:
Not supported
Long Drive Self Test Time: 13 hours 7 minutes
Interface speed:
Port 0 (Current Port)
Max Speed (GB/s): 12.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): 6.0
Port 1
Max Speed (GB/s): 12.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): Not Reported
Annualized Workload Rate (TB/yr): 0.00
Total Bytes Read (GB): 584.84
Total Bytes Written (MB): 90.26
Encryption Support: Not Supported
Cache Size (MiB): Not Reported
Read Look-Ahead: Enabled
Non-Volatile Cache: Enabled
Write Cache: Disabled
SMART Status: Good
ATA Security Information: Not Supported
Firmware Download Support: Not Supported
Number of Logical Units: 1
Specifications Supported:
SPC-4
SAM-5 T10/2104-D revision 4
SAS-3 (no version claimed)
SPL-3 (no version claimed)
SPC-4 (no version claimed)
SBC-3 (no version claimed)
Features Supported:
Self Test
Automatic Write Reassignment [Enabled]
Automatic Read Reassignment [Enabled]
EPC [Enabled]
Informational Exceptions [Mode 6]
Translate Address
Rebuild Assist
Seagate In Drive Diagnostics (IDD)
Adapter Information:
Adapter Type: PCI
Vendor ID: 1000h
Product ID: 0072h
Revision: 0003h

Anyone ran across this before? I was able to fix the first one with the SeaTools USB boot drive. One of the many commands I tried removed the write protect and I was able to successfully format the drive. But as I said I was an idiot and did not make a note of the one that worked. I will continue to scour the forums to see if I can find it again.

Thanks all in advance.

[billmcc1280]

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[fzabkar]

Maybe this?

https://www.mankier.com/8/scsi_ch_swp

https://www.mankier.com/package/sdparm