NVME-LOG-SANITIZE(1) NVMe Manual NVME-LOG-SANITIZE(1)

nvme-log-sanitize - Send NVMe sanitize-log Command, return result

nvme [<global-options>] log sanitize <device> [--rae | -r]
                        [--raw-binary | -b]

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.
0x0800 Purged (PRGD) bit If set to 1, then the most recent sanitize operation purged user data, as defined by IEEE Std 2883, because the Purge Required (PREQ) bit was set to 1 in the command that started that sanitize operation. If cleared to 0, either PREQ was not set, or the sanitize operation cleared (rather than purged) user data.

Sanitize Progress - percentage complete

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

-r, --rae

Retain an Asynchronous Event.

-b, --raw-binary

Print the raw buffer to stdout. Structure is not parsed by program. This overrides the vendor specific and human readable options.

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=<version>

Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

•Has the program issue Sanitize-log Command : 
# nvme log sanitize /dev/nvme0

Part of the nvme-user suite.

09/07/2026 NVMe