will have a status of DPY
lxxx,
where the
xxx can be one of the following:
Active
Degraded
Unprotected
Failed
Unknown
A disk unit that has a status of Active,
Degraded, or Failed has data parity pro-
tection. Otherwise, the disk unit
is
not
data
parity protected.
Return to the procedure that sent
you
here.
This
ends
the
procedure.
Exchanging a Disk Unit with
Device Parity Protection
1 Display the disk unit status. Use either
System Service Tools (SST) or Dedicated
Service Tools (DST) to perform following:
(See "System Service Tools (SST)" or
"Dedicated Service Tools (DST)"
in
the
AS/400 Service Functions information.)
a.
Select the Work with disk units option.
b.
Select the Display disk configuration
option.
c.
Select the Display disk configuration
status option.
Does the failing disk unit have one of the
following statuses?
DPY/Active
DPY /Degraded
DPY/Failed
DPY/Unknown
Yes
No
~
The failing disk unit cannot
be
ser-
viced without the possible loss of
customer data. Ask your next level
of support for assistance.
This
ends
the
procedure.
2 Exchange the failing disk unit (see Disk
Unit
in
Chapter
1,
"Removal and Installa-
tion Procedures" on page 1-1). When you
are done, return to step 3 of this procedure.
3 Perform the following:
a.
Perform
an
IPL to Dedicated Service
Tools (DST) (see "Dedicated Service
Tools (DST)"
in
the AS/400 Service
Functions information for the system).
b.
Select the Work with disk units option.
c.
Select the Work with disk unit recovery
option from the Work with Disk Units
display.
d.
Select the Work with disk unit recovery
option.
e.
Select the Rebuild disk unit data option.
f.
Select the disk unit
on
the display that
was installed
in
place of the failing disk
unit.
g.
Rebuild the disk unit data. When the
new disk unit is rebuilt, the display
shows that the status is complete (this
may take 30 minutes or longer).
h.
Press the Enter key after verifying that
the status is complete.
4 Perform the following:
a. Return to the Use Dedicated Service
Tools (DST) display.
b.
Select the Perform an IPL option to
complete the IPL.
5 Return to the procedure that sent
you
here.
This
ends
the
procedure.
Exchanging a Disk Unit with
Mirrored Protection
Note: For help finding disk units on your system,
see "Disk Unit Location"
in
the Problem Analysis
information for the system.
1 Display the disk unit status. Use either
System Service Tools (SST)
or
Dedicated
Service Tools (DST) to perform following:
(See "System Service Tools (SST)" or
"Dedicated Service Tools (DST)"
in
the
AS/400 Service Functions information.)
a. Select the Work with disk units option.
b.
Select the Display disk configuration
option.
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2.
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