RE: DASD PUMP failure (was:RAID failure)

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:47 AM 1/28/98 -0700, you wrote:

(big snip)

>       Missed that meeting.  About the only thing outside work I get to
>attend are my SAAB Owners Club Of Canada meetings.  These are the 3rd
>Wednesday of the month, and the Toronto Users Group

(another big snip)

>       I believe that is correct - IF you have an empty slot you can
>install the new disk in to try the disk to disk pump.  I'm not sure but
>they may be able to temporarily remove another live drive to make a spot
>for the new disk to do the pump, then put them back where they were
>after the pump.

For that matter, during the course of the pump process, you should be able
to remove another DASD unit of the same type/capacity (other than the load
source), and go DASD to DASD.  When you're done, you just put back the
right DASD units in the right slots.

Al




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