> We have started having 2 different disk errors on one of our disk
> drives.  Luckily this machine is no longer a production
> machine because a
> full install takes over 16 hours.  One of the errors only
> occurs during the
> standalone full backup, so I can presume that this is in an
> area of the
> database that is no longer used.  The other disk error has
> only occurred
> twice, once during a daily incremental backup.
>
> As this is no longer a production machine so I do not want to
> spend the 16
> hours on an install, but it is required to be in existence until next
> year.  Is it possible to store just the faulty disk, replace it and
> restore?  All the disks are members of the system volume set.

We had this same situation come up years ago (the HPIB "washing machine"
drives on a Series 58), and what you describe is pretty much exactly what
happened: the CE came out, used one of his utilities to copy the disk to
tape, replaced the cartridge, and restored that disk. No idea what the
utility was, or if there's an equivalent procedure for current hardware.

Steve