Re: DSKBAL?

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred,

Docs coming under seperate email.

Yeah, I've run it on 4.3 sans problems.  Just make sure you keep in mind
it runs on a dedicated system and you need to SWAG how much time it's
gonna take to do the balancing...nice thing is that you can do it a bit at
a time...  Balancing process is done in the IPL process...

Later

Don in DC...

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Fred Pritchard wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> re: AS/400 720 V4R3
> 
> We just added two new drives to our RAID set and I was wondering if we
> should run DSKBAL to even the drive usage? Is this recommended?
> 
> I have never used it and do not know its limitations.  Can it be run while
> the system is in use? if so, will it hinder performance?
> 
> I can't find any documentation on this command, there isn't even any help
> associated with it.  Does anyone know where I can get some docs? I was in
> the manuals on the internet and searched all books for DSKBAL and nothing
> was found.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance,
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
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