RE: 18+ hours to initialize a load source?

I'd initialize that one drive with a hammer. It's going back anyway at this
point.

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Jim Oberholtzer
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Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 7:08 AM
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Subject: Re: 18+ hours to initialize a load source?

Trying to open a ticket on it. Apparently someone dropped maintenance on
this machine when we got our new machines. But, IBM is kind enough to
entitle the pmr off of the new machine. I promised this would be the last
call on this old machine because as soon as I initialize the disk it's going
to the loading dock.


Rob Berendt
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to: 2505 Dekko Drive
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From: Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/01/2014 07:55 AM
Subject: Re: 18+ hours to initialize a load source?
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



I've seen 300 minutes being normal on a 4328 drive and that was only
141Gb,
i don't know if SAS drives are really that much faster (lot less xp on
them). But yes 1124 minutes seems a bit excessive.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 7:24 AM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does this seem just a wee bit excessive?

The load source disk is being initialized.
Elapsed time in minutes . . . . . . . . : 1124.0

Going on 19 hours...

Resetting a P6 from formerly multiple partitions down to just one lpar

of

IBM i to prep it for decommissioning.
IBM i 7.1
I forget what kind of drives the CEC had in it. Yes, the CEC was tagged
as the load source. T9 as the load source and Alternate IPL (DVD).

Rob Berendt
--
IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

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