Re: Damaged objects -- MIDRANGE-L

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Rob,

    Is the command you are thinking about PRTSYSINF.  Its a great
command for Documentation of your system.

    Pete Massiello

rob@dekko.com wrote:

>Didn't the Road Map for migrating from CISC to RISC have a good data
>collection area?  Like printing out all sorts of things like:  System
>Values, PTF's, network attributes, etc.  I think the backup/restore manual
>does a pretty good job of listing some of these out if you are doing
>something like a complete restore in a situation in which your first
>machine isn't quite dead yet.  (We just used this to migrate from one model
>and S/N of a 400 to another.)  We didn't have any problems but I seem to
>remember getting a pile of paper about a knee deep when I did the roadmap.
>The backup and restore guide seemed to be much shorter.
>
>Rob Berendt
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>but a wise person learns from OTHER peoples mistakes.
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>Neil,
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>Your email doesn't say whether or not you've spoken to IBM about this
>problem.  I would suggest doing so first.  If they have a fix it could save
>you a lot of time and headaches.
>
>I had to do this about 3 years ago.  We had major problems that prevented a
>machine from IPL'ing.  IBM finally said that they did not know what the
>cause was, but they guessed the OS had been corrupted.  We could wait for
>their analysis of a system dump (taken via DST) to see if they could figure
>out what was wrong, or reinstall the OS.  They figured about 80% chance
>this
>would resolve the problem - and it did.
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>I'll make a few points:
>1.  Each case is different, so you want to take as many precautions as
>possible.
>2.  Manual install - you do _NOT_ want to attempt an automatic here.
>3.  I would recommend a full system save, i.e. make sure all of your data
>is
>backed up first.
>4.  I would also recommend recording as much information about your system
>configuration as possible before this procedure.
>5.  Good luck!
>
>As an aside, unless my mind has blocked the memory, I don't recall any big
>problems coming up when we did this.  That is, our original problem was
>severe, the resolution was drastic, but given that it went very smoothly.
>
>Chuck
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Carley, Neil" <carleyn1@Midas-Kapiti.com>
>To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 10:48 AM
>Subject: Damaged objects
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>>Hi group,
>>
>>Lately our system, a 720 at V4R3 has been reporting a very high amount of
>>damaged objects and it seems as though things are starting to get worse.
>>
>So
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>>far this year I have had to run 4 reclaim storage and 1 reclaim DLO. I
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>now
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>>have to do another rclstg this w/e as there is once again considerable
>>damage on the system. A rclstg on our system takes about 37 hours. One
>>
>thing
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>>I am now thinking about doing is reinstalling the OS as I think perhaps
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>that
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>>part of it may have become corrupt ?
>>I have completed DR restores, built systems from scratch successfully in
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>the
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>>past but never just reinstalled the OS on a live system and am somewhat
>>hesitant about doing it on a mature system without finding out exactly
>>what's going to happen as a result. I'm sure someone has done this in the
>>past and would be very grateful if you would offer any advice on the
>>process, things to look out for, changes that may occur etc.
>>Any advice on any of the above will be very welcome.
>>
>>thanks again
>>Neil
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