IBM Power Systems

Remove Disk Units Without an IPL or Outage

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Work with Disk Configuration

Select one of the following:

1.Display disk configuration

2.Add units to ASPs

3.Work with ASP threshold - . . .

- . . .

10.Stop hot spare

11.Work with encryption

12.Work with removing units from configuration

ƒConcurrent Remove of Disk Units

Hot remove disk unit(s) without having to IPL or take an outage

Does not require restricted state

Can be paused and restarted

So hot, its cool

ƒAny POWER hardware supporting IBM i 7.1

More details in Chapter 8 in: IBM i 7.1

Technical Overview, SG24-7858-00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Work with Removing Units From Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Select one of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Size

%Used Status

 

 

1.

Display disk configuration

 

 

 

 

195754

33.56%

Unprotected

 

 

2.

Display status of remove operation

 

 

 

 

55924

40.77%

Configured

 

 

3.

Remove units from configuration

 

 

 

 

18643

40.78%

Configured

 

 

4.

Pause the remove operation

 

 

 

 

23308

40.78%

Configured

 

 

5.

Resume the remove operation

 

 

 

 

27965

40.77%

Configured

 

 

6.

Cancel the remove operation

 

 

 

 

32623

40.77%

Configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37287

2.88%

Removing

 

7.

Cancel the remove operation and balance data in the ASP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manage from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Serial

Resource

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity Status

 

 

 

 

ƒ (Today) SST (System Service Tools)

 

 

Number

Type Model Name

 

 

 

 

ƒ (Future) Systems Director Navigator for i

 

 

YL4RUT3ERVR7

6B22 050 DD006

37287 Non-configured

 

 

and System i Navigator

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I 7.1 specifications

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