by Jeroen Sanger » Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:00:00
I am trying to add an extra disk to an SSA RAID array.
I have made the disk an Array Candidate Disk using smit, but when I tell
smit to add a disk to an SSA RAID Array, I receive the message "1800-051
There are no items of this type".
Als in the man pages of ssaraid I can't figure out how to add a disk to an
SSA RAID array.
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong, and how I can add this disk to the
RAID Array???
Kind regards,
Jeroen Sangers
Avalix
by bthar.. » Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:00:00
using smit, but when I tell ...Quote:> Hi there,
> I am trying to add an extra disk to an SSA RAID
array.
> I have made the disk an Array Candidate Disk
Sorry, but unless the array is 'troubled,' you
have to back up the data, delete the array, and
recreate the array with the new drive, then
restore the data.
B.T.Harvey
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by Jose Pina Coelh » Tue, 09 May 2000 04:00:00
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Doing AIX support was the most monty-pythonesque
activity available at the time.
by Richard Gershboc » Wed, 10 May 2000 04:00:00
Note that you have to go through this procedure when you are replacing a
dead SSA drive as well.
Good luck.
> > I am trying to add an extra disk to an SSA RAID array.
> > [...]
> > Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong, and how I can add this disk to
the
> > RAID Array???
> You can't. You have to backup, destroy the raid volume,
> recreate the raid volume with the extra disk, restore.
> --
> Doing AIX support was the most monty-pythonesque
> activity available at the time.
by Beltz » Thu, 11 May 2000 04:00:00
This is exactly what I've tried. After selecting the option Add a Disk to anQuote:> Rough instructions:
> smit
> Devices
> SSA RAID Arrays
> Change/Show Use of an SSA Physical Disk
> Select the SSA adapter and the new disk
> Change Current Use to (?) Array Candidate
> <return> to execute
> <cancel> to get back to SSA RAID Arrays
> SSA RAID Arrays
> Change Member Disks in an SSA RAID Array
> Add a Disk to an SSA RAID Array
> Pick the array and disk (I am a little vague here,
> since I can't do it without a spare disk to add)
> Note that you have to go through this procedure when you are replacing a
> dead SSA drive as well.
> Good luck.
Greetings,
Jeroen Sangers
Avalix
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Somewhere under the SSA Raid menu entry in the smit|Devices menu,
there is a point that will let you change the usage of a SSA disk.
If a disk has been a member of an array, it is probably listed as
'Array candidate disk' or 'Hot Spare'.
Change that to 'AIX system disk' for all the disks, and you should
be able to re-use the units as normal SSA disks.
Regards
Peter
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