Re: Failed load source on IBM 810

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does the device name say DPH001, etc?

The operative character is the "H".

Go into disk unit recovery procedures and reformat the drives. It is 
highly likely that the system is recognizing these drives were once used 
and still part of a defunct RAID set that was controlled by that disk 
controller.  The disk recovery procedures will allow you to erase the 
drive, reformat it and away you go.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 1/29/2013 9:46 AM, George R. Fuste 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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Device
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