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The Question is: After fitting a new hard disk to replace a failed one (shadowed)I cannot initialise the new disk. It claims to be offline and has oe error showing. How do I get the disk online? How do I low level format a disk? SCSI disk is a seagate ST318406LW Show configuration from the console correctly identifies the disk type and scsi id SYSMAN IO SHOW DEVICE looks okay with dk driver showing addresses for all the devices present The Answer is : As has been remarked before, "SCSI is a collection of optionally implemented -- or optionally misimplemented -- features", and the other classic remark, "None of the S's in SCSI are Standard". There is typically no requirement for what some platforms might call a low-level format for SCSI disk devices accessed by OpenVMS. The volume-level format -- the file structure -- is established with the OpenVMS INITIALIZE command. There is apparently a configuration-level or hardware-level SCSI incompatibility here. That the console can identify the device means that some simple operations have succeeded -- that the console has identified the device does not imply that the device will operate, nor that the device will operate under any particular I/O load. Please contact your hardware support vendor or storage vendor for assistance with the requisite integration and testing, and please also see the OpenVMS FAQ for related discussions of third-party hardware issues, requirements, testing, and support considerations. The effort involved in qualification of peripheral devices is large, and involves detecting, isolating and resolving obvious functional incompatibilities and obvious errors within the host, controller or drive interfaces, as well as more subtle considerations such as ensuring that the particular device thermal-cooling and other environmental requirements are met. Acquisition of a supported device is often far cheaper than performing a local qualification, and particularly when -- such as is the case here -- errors are encountered. Additionally, if operational problems should arise, then the supported configurations will typically see the necessary remediation work. The device support effort involved can range from trivially simple to what is effectively cost-prohibitive, and the particular results and which extreme might be involved are not entirely clear at the onset of the testing and support effort. Put another way, there is definite value in the supported device configurations. Additionall, your OpenVMS version is outdated, and in need of an upgrade. While the OpenVMS Wizard is entirely unfamiliar with the rated capacity of this Seagate device, the Wizard will also call your attention to the maximum disk capacity and storage-ECO-related information in the OpenVMS FAQ. If you cannot upgrade from V7.1-2, please make certain that you have all current ECO kits applied. The OpenVMS Wizard is not in a position to provide device qualification and device integration assistance at no cost -- having been involved in this, this effort can involve weeks or months of technical effort; far beyond what the OpenVMS Wizard can offer. Again, please contact your hardware support or storage vendor for this assistance, or please then expect to become of a subject matter expert for SCSI. Related discussions include (450),(514), (995), (1014), (1205), (1369), (1409), (1549), (1593), (1660), (1749), (1958), (1984), (2048), (2408), (2462), (2754), (2904), (2956), (3690), (4050), (4467), (4484), (4528), (4739), (5040), (5137), (5182), (5353), (5458), (5550), (5680), (6576), (6685), (6742), (7446), (8679), (8729), and many other topics.
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