nvme-wdc-purge-monitor - Man Page

Send NVMe WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command, return result

Synopsis

nvme wdc purge-monitor <device>

For the NVMe device given, send a Vendor Unique WDC Purge-Monitor command and provide the status of the purge command.

Expected status and description :-

Status Code	Description
0x00	Purge State Idle.
0x01	Purge State Done.
0x02	Purge State Busy.
0x03	Purge State Error : Purge operation resulted in error, power cycle required.
0x04	Purge State Error : Purge operation interrupted by power cycle or reset.

The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).

This will only work on WDC devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

No options yet.

Has the program issue WDC Purge-Monitor Vendor Unique Command :
```
# nvme wdc purge-monitor /dev/nvme0
```

Part of the nvme-user suite.

08/18/2026 NVMe Manual