Configuring (Replacing)
1. Remove the disk drive from its protective packaging, and open the drive latch
handle.
2. Install the disk drive in the drive slot. Align the disk drive with the drive slot rails,
and slide the disk drive into the slot until it contacts the backplane at the rear of
the drive bay. The drive should be in far enough for the latch handle to engage the
latch. Push the disk drive lever up and to the rear to lock the disk drive. The LED
above the slot will turn on.
3. Log in as root user.
4. At the command line, type smitty.
5. Select Devices.
6. Select Install/Configure Devices Added After IPL and press Enter. Successful
configuration is indicated by the OK message displayed next to the Command field
at the top of the screen
7. Press F3s, Cancel, to go back to the first menu and select System Storage
Management (Physical and Logical Storage) and press Enter.
8. Select Logical Volume Manager and press Enter.
9. Select Volume Groups and press Enter.
10. Select Set Characteristics of a Volume Group and press Enter.
11. Select Add a Physical Volume to a Volume Group.
12. Fill in the fields for the drive you are adding to the system. Press F4 for a list of
selections.
13. See the
AIX System Management Guide: Operating System and Devices
to finish
the drive configuration. This publication is available at the following Web address:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/aix/library/. Select Technical Publications. This
publication is also contained on the
AIX Documentation
CD. The documentation is
made accessible by loading the documentation CD files onto the hard disk or by
mounting the CD in the CD-ROM drive.
14. Press F10 to exit smitty.
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