Re: Is there something in the system which tells a STRASPBAL on guested disk to bug off?

[Midrange <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The balance function works, we use it all the time. If the disk are too full it will not run. Also IBM can loo at logs in service tools and give you more reasons why it stopped. Open a problem with 'em.
  L

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> On Nov 22, 2016, at 4:19 PM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We have hosted SSD disk.
>
> On the guest we noticed a lot of I/O's on the most recently added disk 
> (aka storage space).
>
> So we ran a TRCASPBAL for about 7 hours.
> Then we ran a STRASPBAL *USAGE.
> It ended immediately.
>
> Is there something in the system which tells you that it won't run a 
> balance on hosted disk?
>
> TRCASPBAL SET(*ON) ASP(1) TIMLMT(420) 
> Tracing started for ASP 1 with name *N.
>
> DSPLOG PERIOD((0740)) MSGID(CPI1476 CPI1477)
> ASP tracing successfully started for ASP 1.
>
> DSPLOG PERIOD((0740)) MSGID(CPI1476 CPI1477)
> ASP tracing successfully started for ASP 1.
> ASP tracing for ASP 1 ended. 
>
> STRASPBAL TYPE(*USAGE) ASP(1) TIMLMT(*NOMAX)
> *USAGE started for ASP 1 with name *N. 
>
> DSPLOG
> CPI1475
> Message . . . . :   ASP balancing for ASP 1 ended.  
> Cause . . . . . :   The ASP balancing function of type *USAGE for ASP 1 
> ended.
>   The function had an ending code of  1.  For more information about each 
>
>  ending code and possible recoveries see the Hierarchical Storage 
> Management 
>  guide. The ending codes and their meanings are as follows:  
>    1 - The requested balance function has completed.  
>
>
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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