Re: SRC B900 3C20

[Keith Carpenter <carpcon@xxxxxxx>]

The "model" is really a status of how the drive is used.  050 means
unprotected (no raid or mirroring) and 074 means the drive is part of a
parity set (raid).  Given your 074 drives were spares, maybe they were
part of a raid set in an earlier life.  Have you tried re-initializing
them first ?

Keith



Leif Guldbrand wrote:
> Not responding, just informing (and asking):
> 
> Two weeks ago one of my drives (in a model 400, v5r1, total of 12 drives) 
> thought it was time to 'retire'. No Raid - no Mirror. Well I do have a tape 
> with SAVSYS (opt. 21), and two spares (not the same model - which I 
> found out in DST).
> 
> First situation for me with this disaster recovery on my dev. box.
> 
> Searched the net and midrange. Read a lot, lots of help, but I was missing
> something within my situation.
> 
> Fell over a guidance from IBM - about Save/Restore (with or without BRMS)
> www.Think400.dk/downloads.htm  it's a little outdated I guess, but it helped 
> me a lot in my situation (understanding the options and their meanings).
> 
> But it seems that I can't change an 'retired' drive 6606 model 050 (2 GB)
> with an 6606 model 074 (1,5GB) without troubles.
> 
> Can somebody confirm, that a new drive needs to be the same model - when 
> I restore LIC's and OS/400 ??
> 
> Best regards,
> Leif