9710 (StorageTek) Addendum for NonStop Servers
Addendum to the StorageTek™ 9710 for the Tandem Environment 
The 5155/5159 Digital Linear Tape CRE and NonStop Kernel 
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START DISK Command 
This subsection describes the details about the START DISK command. 
Use the START DISK command to make a stopped disk (magnetic or 
virtual) accessible to user processes or to revive the half of a mirrored 
volume that is in a STOPPED state, substate DOWN. The START 
command automatically revives a mirrored disk if needed. 
The command syntax is: 
START DISK { $ disk-name | $ disk-name-path } 
Wild-card characters are supported. 
Examples Using START DISK 
The following are examples of the START DISK command: 
• To start all disks on the system (that are in the proper state to start), 
type: 
-> START DISK $* 
• To start the mirror disk of mirrored volume $DATA00, type: 
-> START $DATA00-M 
• To start disk $DATA03 and put it in the SERVICING state, substate 
SPECIAL, type: 
-> START $DATA03, SPECIAL 
• To start all available virtual disks, type: 
-> START DISK $*, SUB VIRTUAL 










