RE: 18+ hours to initialize a load source?

["Jim Oberholtzer" <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
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rob@xxxxxxxxx
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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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
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> IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
> Group Dekko
> Dept 1600
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>           Garrett, IN 46738
> Ship to:  Dock 108
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>           Kendallville, IN 46755
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