IBM DS6000 Series manual Adding volumes to iSeries configuration, Using 5250 interface

Adding volumes to iSeries configuration

Once the logical volumes have been created and assigned to the host, they will appear as non-configured units to OS/400. This may be some time after being created on the DS6000.

At this stage, they are used in exactly the same way as non-configured internal units. There is nothing particular to external logical volumes as far as OS/400 is concerned. You should use the same functions for adding the logical units to an Auxiliary Storage Pool (ASP) as you would for internal disks.

Using 5250 interface

Adding disk units to the configuration can be done either using the green screen interface with Dedicated Service Tools (DST) or System Service Tools (SST), or with the iSeries Navigator GUI. The following example shows how to add a logical volume in the DS6000 to the System ASP, using green screen SST.

1.Start System Service Tools STRSST and sign on.

2.Select Option 3, Work with disk units as shown in Figure B-1.

System Service Tools (SST)

Select one of the following:

1.Start a service tool

2.Work with active service tools

3.Work with disk units

4.Work with diskette data recovery

5.Work with system partitions

6.Work with system capacity

7.Work with system security

8.Work with service tools user IDs

Selection 3

F3=Exit F10=Command entry F12=Cancel

Figure B-1 System Service Tools menu

3. Select Option 2, Work with disk configuration as shown in Figure B-2 on page 333.

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