subject: Re: B20003200

Is the system HMC managed? if so, load source is defined on the partition
profile, check there. In any case, what machine is it?

Yes, I is a 9406-550.

IBM is replacing the RAID controller, again, to see if that helps. They are also booting from CD and manual mode to see if they can see the drives.


It seems like its acting weird. This is a RAID-5 system, so for me to loose the load source, I'd need two drives failed, right?

Pete's Response:

Do you have a new IOP/IOA that could be 'interfering' with the original load source IOA?
You didn't say if this machine is HMC managed (so you have the LS IOA Tagged) or is this a standalone and you have the IOA for >>the LS in the CEC.

New IOP/IOA : They did put two new ones in. that's kinda where I was going with the slow IPL. Isn't that for just this situation where things aren't reporting or you thing the hipervisor has things a bit buggered up. I've suggested it two now, to both teams (the over night guy rolled off), and it seems like they either don't ever do it or know something that they are not telling me as to why it would be a waste of time.

They reported after replacing the Raid adapter, it got a little father but still stopped. They said it initially looked like it didn't know the path to the hardware. - Again, thinking slow IPL.




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