Re: Failed load source on IBM 810

I would take the bad disks out, Set the 4 disks in the final positions
and ReIPL from the lic CD. then you should have them appear as DPH00X,
that means "Hey! This drives were in RAID but i cant make a full set!
IO is blocked for now". You have to Initialize the disks (not from the
Install LIC but from the Work with Disks option) and then, only then,
will they change to DD00X.
Now you can go along your way, install LIC into the LS and then start raid.

Best Of Luck!

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:46 PM, George R. Fuste <grfuste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am currently in possession of an IBM 810 with V5R4. Turns out the load source drive in slot 1 of 6 has failed. Also the drive in slot 5 of 6 has failed. These 2 drives are not appearing on the DASD list when doing an IPL to DST using the LIC base cd.

Since this is a personal use IBM i, there is no issue with downtime or saving data. There is a full system backup available on tape after I get the LIC cds installed to get me to a point where I can do a RSTSYS. I would like to initialize the other 4 drives and re-locate them into slots 1-4 and create a new load source. Turns out the system will not let me initialize any of the recognizable drives. I get an I/O error. This is strange since I can run an analysis to read the disk surface for readable pages.

At this point I am at a loss as to how to proceed. Could my 2778 IOP card be bad? I dont know. Why are the other recognized drives usable to be re-purposed? HAs anyone ever run into this scenario?

I could sure use some experienced input on this one. It's a box worth saving and I'd like to recover it.

Thanks,
George
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