SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.28+, H06.05+, J06.03+)

Creating a Custom Profile...................................................................................................75
Adding a Similar Custom Profile Using the OBEYFORM Attribute.............................................75
Altering a Profile................................................................................................................76
Deleting a Custom Profile....................................................................................................76
Mirrored Disk Placement..........................................................................................................77
Mirroring Without NonStop S-Series Enclosure Interleaving......................................................77
Mirroring With M8xxx Fibre Channel Disks...........................................................................77
Mirroring With CLIM-Attached Disks.....................................................................................77
Configuring Mirrored Disks......................................................................................................78
Configuring Internal Mirrored Disks to Revive Automatically.....................................................78
Changing a Mirrored Volume Into Two Nonmirrored Disks......................................................79
Changing Two Nonmirrored Disks Into a Mirrored Volume......................................................79
Remirroring Disks Online....................................................................................................79
Adding a Disk........................................................................................................................82
Steps to Add a Disk...........................................................................................................82
ADD DISK Examples for Different Disk Types..........................................................................83
Adding a Similar Disk to This System....................................................................................83
Adding a Similar Disk to Another System..............................................................................84
Altering Disk Attribute Values...................................................................................................84
Considerations for ALTER DISK and Disks..............................................................................85
Changing the Values of the Attributes for Disks......................................................................85
Configuring the Size of Disk Cache......................................................................................86
Naming a Disk......................................................................................................................88
Resolving Disk-Naming Conflicts..........................................................................................88
Changing the Volume Name and Alternate Volume Name......................................................88
Changing Either the Volume Name or Alternate Volume Name................................................90
Changing the Volume Name and Alternate Volume Name (Deleting Files).................................91
Relabeling and Initializing a Disk.............................................................................................92
Considerations for INITIALIZE DISK.......................................................................................92
Example of Relabeling With the Current Name......................................................................92
Example of Relabeling With a New Name............................................................................92
Partitioning HDDs and SSDs.....................................................................................................92
Deleting a Disk......................................................................................................................93
Considerations for DELETE DISK and Disks............................................................................93
Example...........................................................................................................................94
Write Caching.......................................................................................................................94
Considerations for WRITECACHE.........................................................................................94
7 Managing Disks.......................................................................................96
Managing Disks.....................................................................................................................96
Managing the System Disk..................................................................................................96
Recovering From the Loss of a Path to a Disk..........................................................................96
Troubleshooting Disks.........................................................................................................97
Starting a Disk.......................................................................................................................97
Considerations for START DISK............................................................................................97
Starting an Unmirrored Disk................................................................................................97
Reviving a Mirrored Disk.....................................................................................................98
Considerations When Reviving a Mirrored Volume.................................................................98
Starting a Mirrored Disk.....................................................................................................98
Changing the Speed of a Revive Operation...........................................................................99
Stopping a Revive Operation.............................................................................................100
Temporarily Stopping a Revive Operation............................................................................101
Stopping a Disk....................................................................................................................101
Stopping a Disk With the STOP DISK Command..................................................................101
Stopping a Disk With the ABORT DISK Command...............................................................102
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