Re: DASD upgrade and start Mirroring

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe this very subject come up earlier in the
year and it was generally agreed that save/reload was
the best way to do this...

or go here for the other method out of the manuals.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/v4r5hwpdf/index.htm



Steve Moland wrote:

> I bought 4 model 6818 17.54GB drives and a 2748 Raid controller. (I 
> installed the raid controller and noticed a big difference in the speed of a 
> disk intensive job I run every so often.)
>
> I had a step by step list of how to install the DASD but I've lost it and 
> can't remember where I got it. The list came from a discussion somewhere a 
> few years back but I've googled and can't seem to find the right combination 
> of words.
>
> I believe the write up said something about reducing the data on my disk 
> first if mirroring was going to be turned on.
>
> I should be able to get the total down to under 50% on the existing drives. 
> I've lots I can take off temporarily. QEJB lib contains about 400MB of Save 
> Files alone.
>
> Where can I find the steps I need to follow?
>
> The system is a model 170 V4R5 and I've included the following from work 
> with Disk Status.
>
>              Size    %
> Unit  Type    (M)  Used
>    1  6607   4194  82.2
>    2  6607   4194  83.0
>    3  6607   4194  83.1
>    4  6607   4194  83.1
>
> regards
> Steve Moland
> Londonderry NH