RE: Disk configuration -- MIDRANGE-L

System
Name

Processor
Feature
QPRCFEAT

Software
Tier

Processor
n-way

Total
Processor
CPW

Contracted
5250 CPW
Interactive

520_0902_7459

7459

P10

1

1000

1000

If all the drives are running in a degraded status then the raid cache battery is dead. I have seen this on older machines I used to have and performance went in the tank when we were in that state. On the 520’s I think they had hot swappable batteries on the raid cards. However you would need access to SST to change them out.

John

John Bresina Jr | Sr Engineer | TTS Server Tech - Tandem/System i/Mainframe | Target | Mailstop: NCE-0706 | 7000 Target Parkway North | Brooklyn Park, MN 55445| 612 304 3665 (ph)

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKee
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 2:56 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Disk configuration

That was simple. Thanks.

Remote QPRCFEAT is 7459

Local is 7735

Does that have any significance? Or, can that explain some system slowness beyond cache battery dead?

John

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Luis Rodriguez <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:luisro58@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

John,

DPY= Raid / MIRR=Mirrored

There is no Save Spool under V5R3.

HTH,

Luis

Luis Rodriguez

IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries

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On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:14 PM, John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

I have been asked, by somebody who is also being leaned on, for

information

on this remote 520.

I can answer OS level.

But, without SST access (also no Q SECOFR access), how can I determine

how disks are organized? Specific question was whether disks are

Raided

or

Mirrored.

WRKDSKSTS shows this (manally keyed):

Unit Type % Used

1 4326 87.3

2 4326 92.0

3 4326 92.2

4 4327 87.2

5 4327 87.2

6 4326 92.0

7 4327 87.2

8 4327 87.2

F11 shows all drives are in ASP 1, DPY, and DEGRADED

System is v5r3

No maintenance contract.

And, just a bonus - one output queue has, (ready for this): 171203

files, some dating back to 2007.

No idea how they have Robot set up. I looked tis morning, as I did

backup

of local system, and GO SAVE 21, by default, does not save spool files.

I thought there was a command that showed more about disk

configuration that did not require either SST or QSECOFR. Maybe I am dreaming.

I had the opportunity to listen on to a phone conference about

"master plans" for decommissioning of these and other systems.

Everybody on the call was in the same boat - uppers applying

pressure. Not fun even to listen to.

Thoughts appreciated.

John McKee

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