Re: Reducing number of disks with RAID5 active.

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think you can do what you wantt with a damaged raid set... I could
be wrong though...


On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Roger Vicker, CCP <rv-tech@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I am trying to salvage an old system on V5R4 using Raid5 on nine disk
> drives.
>
> Disk Unit 1 has failed. I want to remove Disk Unit 9 from the pool
> (moving data off) and remove it from the Raid Set. Then use it to
> replace the failed Unit 1.
>
> I have only been able to find online documentation on doing this with
> iSeries Navigator. However, the copy I have does not show anything under
> <Configuration><Hardware><Disk Units>. Can this be done with just SST
> (and maybe DST) and if so would someone mind posting a link.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger Vicker, CCP
>
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