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physically removing an SSA Disk

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aixlurker

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the disk is a member of RAID5 disk array but configured as a hot spare. what are the steps that must be performed before removing physically the disk?

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aixlurker,

Just :

rmdev -dl pdisk<no.>

Replace the disk and change it to a hot spare.

Best of luck

PSD
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4.3 Systems Support
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX V4 HACMP
 
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Is the Disk in a Hotspare Pool ?
Is the Disk damaged ?
You can change the State of the Disk in smitty devices - SSA Raid Arrays.
Change use of a physical disk - System=AIX Member=RAID Member....

 
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