24. From the Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST) display, perform the following to
format and initialize the disk drive you installed in step 22 of this procedure:
a. Select the Work with disk units option on the Use Dedicated Service Tools
(DST) display.
b. Select the Work with disk unit recovery option on the Work with Disk Units
display.
c. Select the Disk unit problem recovery procedures option on the Work with
Disk Unit Recovery display.
d. Select the Initialize and format disk unit option on the Problem Recovery
Procedures display.
e. Select the non-configured disk unit you installed in step 22 of this
procedure as the unit to work with.
f. Verify the initialization and formatting by pressing F10. The initialization
and formatting may take 30 minutes or longer to complete.
g. Return to the Work with Disk Unit Recovery display.
25. Perform the following to copy data from the failing disk drive to the disk
drive you installed in step 22 on page 915 of this procedure:
a. Select the Copy disk unit data option on the Work with Disk Unit Recovery
display.
b. Select the failing unit as the unit to copy.
c. Select the non-configured unit you installed in step 22 on page 915 of this
procedure as the unit to copy to.
d. The console displays the percent of the data copied. If the number of
unreadable pages displays, write down the number of unreadable pages.
You will use the number of unreadable pages later in this procedure.
e. Wait until the status of the copy is Complete. Customer data is not
recoverable if one of the following occurs:
v The copy operation does not complete.
v There is a large number of unreadable pages to copy from the disk unit.
Continue with the next step of this procedure.
26. Perform the following to remove the failing disk unit on the system:
a. Power off the system.
b. Find the failing disk unit. Slide the disk unit out of the system.
27. Perform the following to move the new disk unit into the location that held
the failing disk unit:
a. Remove the new disk unit from the location you found in step 21 on
page 915 of this procedure. Be very careful with the disk unit. It contains
the disk unit data.
b. Install the new disk unit into the location that contained the failing disk
unit. You removed the failing disk unit in step 26 of this procedure.
28. Install the disk unit you removed in step 22 on page 915 of this procedure.
29. Were any pages unreadable during the copy operation?
No Yes
↓ Some objects may be damaged. The customer may have to load the
damaged objects again. Have the customer see the Backup and Recovery
information.
This ends the procedure.
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