RE: taking out one Harddisk

Also you could check the serial number of the Drive.  I have used the serial
number to make sure I know which drives to take out. The number shows up in
SST(DST) and match what is on the drive itself. (at least all the times I
have done it)

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jones, John (US)
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:12 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: taking out one Harddisk

I don't know what release of the OS you're at nor what model AS/400 you
have, but there should be info in service tools (STRSST) to show you the
frame (cabinet/chassis) and slot number for each drive in the system.
Since you have only 4 drives, I'll assume you don't have multiple frames
so your frame ID will be 1.

Recent systems (7xx/8xx/520/550/570, possibly older ones as well) have
an LED for each drive.  Again in SST you can do the drive removal and it
will blink the LED over the drive in question, making your selection
obvious.

There's good info about the hardware layout in the system builder (not
the system handbook) and info about drive replacement & rebuilding in
the backup & recovery guide and any hardware service manuals that cam
with your system.

I would suggest you get IBM to do the replacement for you if you can
spare the expense.  If IBM service is too expensive in your area, there
may be third party companies that offer equivalent support for less.

I also strongly suggest you ensure you have a recent full system save
(GO SAVE option 21) in case something does go wrong.

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787  F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert [mailto:rlazarz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:03 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: taking out one Harddisk

Hi,
I have to take out one hardisk from one As/400 and put to the another
one. Of coruse first i have to set up manual IPL, disactivate 1
harddisk....so then system will transfer all data from disk disk to
another three. But how to now fisically which disk is disactivated if
all 4 are the same type to do not "unscrew" the good -activate one ??? 
Thanks for all answers


Robert Lazarz
Starszy Konsultant
Solint-Eniac sp. z o.o.
kom. +48 604435059
tel. +48 32 290 34 60
fax +48 32 263 98 89
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