Re: How do I extra add disks the the storage pool?-& My home computer room

["David Bulog" <d2ba@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Guys,
This has been a real good training exercise for me.
I had no manuals so after a quick phone call to Evan-(thank you very much
Evan)I put the 8mm tape in the machine and started from 02-D-M
At the SRC prompts..........
I was forced into taking option 24  and restratching the system as I
killed V3.R1 by installing a bunch of perm PTFs.One or two was
corrupted and the system was screaming out with a SRC saying to install LIC.

I tried option 23 of course first and the sytem came up with a SRC
error probaly because it was so hosed in the first place.
So I was forced into a corner and tried option 24.
came up-beatifuly no further problems.

I was amazed at intutive the system was to get to the DST screen,no
tape errors,nothing!
(Usually everytime I do  an stratch  install of Windows NT from Digital Unix
on an Alpha I strike no end of problems--I have two large Alpha
midrange Servers)
Anyway from the Manual menu I chose the option to IPL then it came up with a
warning that some of the disks MAY have corrupted data,do
I want to load the OS with JUST the load source drive or add the other
three drives into the Aux Storage pool.
I was sure what to choose,so of course I chose the wrong option realizing
after the fact................................

Any way Al says to start again and do a complete stratch install and others
say to just add the disks from DST.Does it really make that
much of a performance difference if I dont do it from stratch?

My home computer room in the spare bedroom consists of a
Model 200 CISC box, Model 500 RISC box(--I dont dare mess with that-hence
that is why I have the model200 as a play machine.)
two Digital Alpha Dual Processer Server 2000s, three Compaq Proliant 1500r
racks,one Compaq Proliant Quad Processer5000r rack.(for Win2000 Advanced
Server)

cheers Dave



-----Original Message-----
From: KirkG@PacInfoSys.com <KirkG@PacInfoSys.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, 31 October 2000 12:01
Subject: Re: How do I extra add disks the the storage pool?


>Here's the rough outline. It's been a while. You shouldn't have had to
>scratch the system to upgrade.  You should have been able to do an
>automatic upgrade by mounting  tape and IPLing from OPTION "D"
>
>anyway here is a short outline
>
>RE-IPL into DST
>Work with Disk Units
>Work with Disk Config
>ADD Units to ASP
>
>or
>
>You might just do a "Manual IPL" and when you pick the IPL Option it may
>ask if you want to add the drives
>
>---------------------------------
>Kirk Goins
>IBM Certified AS/400 Technical Solutions
>DataMirror High Availability Certified
>Pacific Information Systems - An IBM Premier Business Partner
>503-674-2985             kirkg@pacinfosys.com
>"WE KNOW TECHNOLOGY"
>---------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>"David Bulog" <d2ba@xtra.co.nz>
>Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>10/31/00 02:16 AM
>Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
>
>
>        To:     <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>        cc:
>        Subject:        How do I extra add disks the the storage pool?
>
>Hi List,
>I have upgraded my Model 200 from V3R1 to V3R2 all OK .I chose option 24
>when installing the LIC from tape to erase all the data on the load source
>drive.because for some strange reason option 23 would not work--I suspect
>probaly because the LIC on V3R1 is diffent to the LIC on V3R2.
>
>............but and made a big error.(I ignorned the option during OS
>install to add all the drives to the ASP) Hence did not add all the disk
>drives........................
>3 x 6605 disks drives to the Storage Pool hence Im running on just "one
>disk drive ",the load source drive!!!!
>I can all see four  disks with WRKDSKSTS  but of course only the load
>source drive is in the pool
>
>I have no manuals and I was wondering if any one can tell me the correct
>proceedure with commands to safely add the drives by command.?
>
>cheers
>Dave Win2000 AS
>DAVE
>
>
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