Rebuilding data on a replacement disk drive using IBM i

Learn how to rebuild data on replacement disk.

1. If necessary, start System Service Tools (SST) by typing strsst on the command line of the IBM® i session and pressing Enter.
2. Type your service tools user ID and service tools password on the Start Service Tools (STRSST) Sign On display. Press Enter.
   Note: The service tools password is case sensitive.
3. Select Work with disk units from the Start System Service Tools (SST) display. Press Enter.
4. Select Work with disk unit recovery from the Work with Disk Units display. Press Enter.
5. If you determined that the disk drive you replaced had device parity protection (RAID), follow these steps to restore device parity protection (RAID) on the disk drive:
   1. Select Rebuild disk unit data on the Work with Disk unit recovery display. Press Enter.
   2. Select 1 to rebuild the disk drive displayed (the disk drive displayed is the disk drive that you removed) on the Rebuild Disk Unit Data display. Press Enter.
   3. Press Enter on the Confirm Rebuild Disk Unit Data display. The rebuild process might take several minutes to complete.
   4. Press F5 to refresh the display until the Percent complete shows 5%.
   5. When the display shows at least 5% complete, you can either continue to monitor this display to completion, or press F3 (Exit) to return to the Work with disk units display.
   6. Press F3 (Exit) to return to the System service tools display.
   7. Press F3 (Exit) to return to the Exit SST display and press Enter.
   8. Return to the procedure that sent you here.
6. If the disk drive that you replaced had mirrored protection, follow these steps:
   1. Select Replace configured unit on the Work with Disk unit recovery display. Press Enter.
   2. Select the configured disk drive that you are exchanging (suspended drive) on the Select Configured Unit to Replace display. Press Enter.
   3. Select the disk drive that you just installed on the Select Replacement Unit display. This drive has a non-configured status.
      Note: In some cases, it might take several minutes for a new disk drive to display. Repeat these steps until the new drive is shown.
      Press Enter.
   4. Press Enter on the Confirm Replace of Configured Unit display to confirm your choice for replacement.

      The replacement process might take several minutes to complete. When the process is complete, the Work with Disk unit recovery display is shown.

   5. Press F3 (Exit) to return to the Work with disk units display.
   6. Select Display disk configuration on the Work with disk units display.
   7. Select Display disk configuration status on the Display Disk Configuration display.

      Mirrored status shows Resuming. When complete, the mirrored status shows Active. This process might take several minutes to complete. You can either monitor this display to completion, or press F3 (Exit) three times, and then press Enter to return to the IBM i main menu.