Pete,
From a V7R3 system, I see this.
When running Raid5, I think it's normal to see Unprotected for the ASP
                    Display Disk Configuration Protection                     
                                                                              
          Serial                     Resource                     		 Hot Spare  
ASP Unit  Number          Type Model Name       Protection         Protection 
  1                                             Unprotected                   
       1  Y6804KV02VAX    5B21  109  DMP001     RAID 5                  Y     
       2  Y6804KV02WUX    5B21  109  DMP007     RAID 5                  Y     
       3  Y6804KV060EX    5B21  109  DMP009     RAID 5                  Y     
       4  Y6804KV02B6X    5B21  109  DMP013     RAID 5                  Y     
       5  Y6804KV04TVX    5B21  109  DMP011     RAID 5                  Y     
       6  Y6804KV07HXX    5B21  109  DMP015     RAID 5                  Y     
       7  Y6804KV0EYEX    5B21  109  DMP017     RAID 5                  Y     
       8  Y6804KV0G9KX    5B21  109  DMP019     RAID 5                  Y     
       9  Y6804KV03N1X    5B21  109  DMP021     RAID 5                  Y     
      10  Y6804KV02PTX    5B21  109  DMP023     RAID 5                  Y     
      11  Y6804KV060GX    5B21  109  DMP025     RAID 5                  Y     
      12  Y6804KV03N8X    5B21  109  DMP028     RAID 5                  Y     
      13  Y6804KV02UEX    5B21  109  DMP030     RAID 5                  Y     
Paul
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So, this thread has made me nervous.  What *should* I see?  When I look at parity protection on my IBM i (7.4) I see this:
                      Display Disk Configuration Protection
            Serial Resource                      Hot Spare
  ASP Unit  Number          Type Model Name Protection         Protection
    1 Unprotected
         1  Y210WAE1FB13    5B41  099  DMP001     RAID 5                  N
         2  Y210WAE0RMT0    5B41  099  DMP005     RAID 5                  N
         3  Y210WAE0NBG9    5B41  099  DMP007     RAID 5                  N
         4  Y210WAE1CV48    5B41  099  DMP003     RAID 5                  N
         5  Y210WAE15BLD    5B41  099  DMP009     RAID 5                  N
         6  Y210WAE0S2YD    5B41  099  DMP013     RAID 5                  N
         7  Y210WAE15BNN    5B41  099  DMP011     RAID 5                  N
                         Display Device Parity Status
  Parity                      Resource                      Hot Spare
    Set  ASP Unit  Type Model Name       Status Protection
      1            57D8  001  DC01       RAID 5 N
           1    2  5B41  099  DMP005 Active
           1    4  5B41  099  DMP003 Active
           1    3  5B41  099  DMP007 Active
           1    1  5B41  099  DMP001 Active
           1    7  5B41  099  DMP011 Active
           1    6  5B41  099  DMP013 Active
           1    5  5B41  099  DMP009     Active
Is it the protection status in the "Display Disk Configuration Protection" that clues me in that I am "Unprotected"?  So the RAID 5 status tells me what, exactly?
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On 1/8/2021 8:02 AM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:
Sample
           Serial                     Resource                      Hot Spare
ASP Unit  Number          Type Model Name       Protection         Protection
   1                                             Unprotected
        1  Y6804KV02VAX    5B21  109  DMP001     RAID 5                  Y
        2  Y6804KV02WUX    5B21  109  DMP007     RAID 5                  Y
        3  Y6804KV060EX    5B21  109  DMP009     RAID 5                  Y
Paul
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Thomas Garvey
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Subject: Catastrophic disk failure
Hi,
We experienced a disk drive failure and were unconcerned since we had replacements available and believed that RAID5 was protecting us.
Now our technician is not sure whether our disks are actually protected.
Can someone tell me what the DST screen should show if our drives actually have RAID enabled? We can't get through an IPL but we can boot it into DST at least.
We are afraid we may have to rebuild from a system save tape.
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