IBM RS/6000 7043 43P Series, User Manual

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The refresh rate used by the standalone diagnostic package is 60Hz. If the
display's refresh rate is 77Hz, then set the refresh rate to 77.
– Different async terminal console
A console configuration file that allows a terminal attached to any RS232 or
RS422 adapter to be selected as a console device can be created using this
service aid. The default device is a RS232 tty attached to the first standard
serial port (S1).
Delete Resource from Resource List
Use this task to delete resources from the resource list.
Note: Only resources that were previously detected by the diagnostics and have not
been deleted from the Diagnostic Test List are listed. If no resources are available
to be deleted, then none are listed.
Disk Maintenance
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Disk to Disk Copy
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Display/Alter Sector
Disk to Disk Copy
Notes:
1. This service aid cannot be used to update to a different size drive. The service
aid only supports copying from a SCSI drive to another SCSI drive of similar
size.
2. Use the migratepv command when copying the contents to other disk drive
types. This command also works when copying SCSI disk drives or when
copying to a different size SCSI disk drive. Refer to
System Management Guide:
Operating System and Devices for a procedure on migrating the contents of a
physical volume.
This selection allows you to recover data from an old drive when replacing it with a
new drive. The service aid recovers all LVM software reassigned blocks. To prevent
corrupted data from being copied to the new drive, the service aid aborts if an
unrecoverable read error is detected. To help prevent possible problems with the
new drive, the service aid aborts if the number of bad blocks being reassigned
reaches a threshold.
The procedure for using this service aid requires that both the old and new disks be
installed in or attached to the system with unique SCSI addresses. This requires
Chapter 9. Introduction to Tasks and Service Aids
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