:( - Think it would work to restore the storage space from a backup prior to what I did, then do it the right way?
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jones, John (US)
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:57 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Windows IXS server stuck in VARY ON PENDING
I've not used iNav for this; I've always used WRKNWSSTG. If you
formatted the boot storage space you wiped out the Windows OS and will
have to restore/reinstall.
On the green screen side I've used the option to create new a NWSSTG
space and copy an existing one into it. That creates a partition on the
storage space that contains the old data with the new space unallocated
at the end. Then fire up the IXS and use a partitioning tool to expand
the existing partition to fill the entire space (or create a second
partition).
The other thing I've done before is to create a new storage space, add
it to the IXS, boot, format, copy from the old to the new, shut down,
remove the old, boot, and adjust the drive letter of the new to match
the old. This should work for just about anything except the boot
drive/space.
BTW did you catch that the new POWER6 boxes will be the last to support
the IXS? IBM wants us to go iSCSI & blade. So they'll be losing that
business from us since we don't normally by IBM x86 servers.
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John A. Jones, CISSP
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Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cunningham
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:48 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Windows IXS server stuck in VARY ON PENDING
We have one IXS server running Windows 2003. It has two virtal disk
assigned, one was 700MB and the other was 4 GB. We needed to update the
size on both to 1GB and 6GB. Shutdown the server, changed the disk space
using iSeries Nav. Space was allocated OK. Format status is Complete.
When we start the server the BIOS boot screen appears and goes to the
Windows will start in 5,4,3,2,1 and then the screen goes blank and stays
there. Status never leaves VARY ON PENDING. Joblog of the server job in
QSYSWRK just shows Starting Windows server admin job.
Any ideas what might be wrong?
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