RE: Two or Four Disk Units

["Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>]

That much even I knew, Doc.  I know, too, from the consultant that helped
them at the time that he had to do a complete system reload.  As you know,
you can't actually see the disk drives on a Model 250 without taking the
covers off, which I only do at gun point.  But I, also, noticed that the
failed ('?') drives have the same device locations, respectively, as the
currently working (reporting) units.

Retirement is looking better and better.  Sometimes even being homeless
looks appealing.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
How could they tell? -Dorothy Parker on being told that Calvin Coolidge had
died
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DrFranken
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 10:25 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Two or Four Disk Units

Jerry,

     You have two drives and they are mirrored.  Note the '?' showing 
next to DD001 and DD002, that means those drives are missing from the 
configuration. Either they've been removed or they failed.

     - Larry

On 4/25/2011 10:48 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
> I'll preface my question by pointing out that last November, before I came
> to work here, the company had two disk crashes.  The disks were replaced.
> If I run a WRKDSKSTS command, I see two [2] disk drives.
>
>
>
>                              Work with Disk Status
>
>
>
>               Size    %     I/O   Request   Read
>
> Unit  Type    (M)  Used    Rqs  Size (K)
>
>     1  6717   8589  76.7     .0       .0      .0
>
>     1  6717   8589  76.7     .0       .0      .0
>
>
>
> If I run system service tools, I see only two [2] disk drives.
>
>
>
>                        Display Disk Configuration Status
>
>
>
>              Serial                  Resource
>
> ASP  Unit   Number      Type Model  Name        Status
>
>    1                                             Mirrored
>
>          1   68-D7A09    6717  050   DD004       Active
>
>          1   68-01230AD  6717  050   DD003       Active
>
>
>
> UNLESS I print the Configuration report.  Then I see four [4] disk units
> listed.
>
>
>
> DISK UNIT                6717-050       *    68-D7A09    1     L01
> DD004      26K5170
>
> DISK UNIT                6717-050      ?     68-0C8779C  1     L01
> DD002
>
> DISK UNIT                6717-050            68-01230AD  1     L02
> DD003      26K5170
>
> DISK UNIT                6717-050      ?     68-0C8638C  1     L02
> DD001
>
>
>
> I *think* that the units with the '?' mark (sans The Mysterians) are the
> units that crashed last November.  Are these truly just phantoms that
> someone forget/neglected to remove?
>
>
>
> The reason for the question, aside from morbid curiosity, is that the
system
> is a Model 250, which is limited to four [4] disk units (sans an expansion
> unit).  I want to add two [2] more disk units (well, not me personally, I
> get confused between Philips head and flathead screwdriver).  My
preference
> would be two [2] 17 gb drives, mirrored.  Not a great choice, but, since
> they decided to defer my proposal for a Power 7 system, I need the space.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jerry C. Adams
>
> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
>
> We're the new liberals of the Republican party.  Can you imagine that?  -
> Barry Goldwater to Bob Dole, 1996
>
> --
>
> A&K Wholesale
>
> Murfreesboro, TN
>
> 615-867-5070