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7. From the Use Dedicated Service Tools (DST) display, perform the following to
format and initialize the disk drive you installed in step 5 on page 912 of this
procedure:
a.
Select the Work with disk units option on the Use Dedicated Service Tools
(DST) display.
b. Select the Work with disk unit recovery option on the Work with Disk Units
display.
c. Select the Disk unit problem recovery procedures option on the Work with
Disk Unit Recovery display.
d. Select the Initialize and format disk unit option on the Problem Recovery
Procedures display.
e. Select the non-configured unit you installed in step 5 of this procedure as
the unit to work with.
f.
Verify the initialization and formatting by pressing F10. The initialization
and formatting may take 30 minutes or longer to complete.
g. Return to the Work with Disk Unit Recovery display.
8. Perform the following to copy data from the load-source disk unit to the disk
drive you installed in step 4 of this procedure:
a. Select the Copy disk unit data option on the Work with Disk Unit Recovery
display.
b. Select the load-source disk unit (disk unit 1) as the unit to copy.
c.
Select the non-configured unit you installed in step 5 of this procedure as
the unit to copy to.
d. The console displays the percent of the data copied. If the number of
unreadable pages displays, write down the number of unreadable pages.
You will use the number of unreadable pages later in this procedure.
e. Wait until the status of the copy is Complete . Customer data is not
recoverable if one of the following occurs:
v
The copy operation does not complete.
v
There is a large number of unreadable pages to copy from the disk unit.
Continue with the next step of this procedure.
9.
Perform the following to remove the failing load-source disk unit from the
system:
a. Power off the system.
b.
Find the load-source disk unit. Slide the disk unit out of the system (see
“Chapter 4. Removal and Installation Procedures” on page 617).
10. Perform the following to move the new disk unit into the load-source disk
unit location:
a. Slide the disk unit at the location you found in step 4 on page 912 of this
procedure out of the system (see “Chapter 4. Removal and Installation
Procedures” on page 617).
b. Be very careful with the disk unit. It contains the load-source data.
c. Install the new disk unit into the location that used to contain the
load-source disk unit.
11.
Install the disk unit you removed in step 5 on page 912 of this procedure.
12. Were any pages unreadable during the copy operation?
No Yes
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Go to step 19 on page 915 of this procedure.
Data Recovery and General System Information
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