Scott, I raised one PMR with IBM but they replied saying that should be raised in local HMC of the DS8k box.
I support remotly. I need to ask someone at onsite to do it. But it will take really longer. Regards, Raju On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Raju, > > What about your local IBMer or online via ETR > > Scott ford > www.identityforge.com > > Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll > understand. - Chinese Proverb > > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Raju Reddy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Scott, > > > > Thanks for that.. I have the Redbook handy and followed the same > procedure. > > > > But there it is mentioned how to use RAID 5 (7+P) combination. > > > > And also while creating Arrays, I dont see RAID 5 (7+P) but it > > automatically pick ups RAID 5 (6+P+S). > > > > > > Regards, > > Raju > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Raju, > >> > >> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248085.html?Open > >> > >> Scott ford > >> www.identityforge.com > >> > >> Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll > >> understand. - Chinese Proverb > >> > >> > >> On Feb 15, 2013, at 3:26 AM, Raju Reddy <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Dear All, > >>> > >>> We are under the process of migrating to DS8870 from DS8810. > >>> > >>> While I create new Ranks with Array capacity of 2400GB(8*300GB), I get > >>> around 1652GB of usable storage while rest will go for Parity and > Spare. > >>> > >>> We use SSD disks and I used Ranks to pick RAID5 which automatically > >> picked > >>> RAID 5 (6+P+S) and thus causing loss of 750 GB of storage. > >>> > >>> We need RAID 5 (7+S) for 'Development' LPAR's to increase the usable > >>> storage but DS8000 GUI is not allowing me chose RAID 5 (7+S) > combination. > >>> > >>> Can you please advice how to make Ranks pick RAID 5 (7+S) combination.? > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Raju > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
