Re: Clearing an iASP

I’m noticing something on my system that is interesting and I was
wondering if anyone else has seen this…

I’ve created an iASP which will eventually be used in an PowerHA
SystemMirror for IBMi environment.

As part of my testing I was doing a Scratch/Install tape recovery of the
system that will eventually be the source system.

Prior to doing the Scratch/Install I cleared the iASP using an option
available in in System iNavigator …

That option ran really fast. I thought “that was cool” !

Well the Scratch/Install process was moving right along and it was time to
vary on the iASP so I could restore some data there. The vary on process,
that usually takes about 3-4 minutes… has been running for about 2 hours
(so far).

I called IBM Support and they told me that when you do a CLEAR of an iASP
all that happens is a flag gets set and the actual clear happens the next
time the iASP is varied on!

There is no feedback, no SRC, no way to interrupt the job using SysReq …
In other words, I really don’t know if this is doing anything or not… The
screen on the console just sits there telling me nothing.

It probably would have been quicker to delete the iASP, returning the disk
to non-configured status and then recreate the iASP. At least you get some
feedback indicating something is happening.

Has anyone experienced this happening on their system?


Kenneth
AKA … 肯尼思 or 케네스
Kenneth E. Graap
System Administrator
503.226.4211 x5537
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethgraap




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