Thanks to all who have replied so far. I now have two guides  (three if you 
count the newly-marked treasure map in my Software Maintenance Manual).

Assuming that I do a reload later today, any strong feelings anywhere about 
the volutil "newvol" command and the percents of the replacement drive that 
should be available for permanent vs transient space??

In case it matters, my sysinfo printout says ldev 1 was 75% each, and ldev 2 
(the one with the problem) was 100% each.  Last I checked both drives were 
only about 40% used.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cathlene mcrae" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 13:27
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] dead ldev 2


The following assumes you have  - full system backup with directory


Here are the steps needed

Boot the system from tape - CNTL B> RS
Boot from Alternate path


Perform the INSTALL:

ISL> INSTALL
This command initiates the INSTALL process, the system will restore the
operating system files and provide you with another 'ISL>' prompt.


At the second 'ISL>' prompt, enter the command:

 ISL> START NORECOVERY NOSYSSTART
 This will begin the actual start of the system. there are some things
 you should expect when the system comes up:

 Only LDEV 1 (and any User Volumes) will mount with a status of MEMBER or
 MASTER

  * The only user on the system is MANAGER.SYS (OPERATOR.SYS does not
exist).
    There will be no passwords, and UDC files will not work (they have not
    been restored). You will need to manually enter a :HELLO command for
    MANAGER.SYS

    To add the drives back in, enter the following:
    a) :DSTAT ALL - Observe which ldevs are mounted in either the SCRATCH
or
        LONER state.

    b)  Scratch all the volumes that mounted in the LONER state.
       :VOLUTIL volutil> SCRATCHVOL #   <# = LDEV number of device to be
                                            scratched.>

    c) Add the members of the system volumeset back onto the system by
       using the NEWVOL command for each drive.

    d)  - NEWVOL MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER# nn ppp ttt
         MEMBER#: This is the VNAME value.
        EXAMPLE: MEMBER2
        nn: This is the device LDEV number.
        ppp: This is the maximum percentage of the device that is to be
             available to PERMANENT space.
        ttt: This is the maximum percentage of the device that is to be
             available to TRANSIENT space.

        EXAMPLE: volutil> NEWVOL MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET:MEMBER2 2
100 100

        Restore your user files and the system directory:
        :FILE T;DEV=TAPE

        :RESTORE *T;@[log in to unmask]@-LOG####.PUB.SYS;DIRECTORY;&
         OLDDATE;KEEP;SHOW=OFFLINE

 @[log in to unmask]@-LOG####.PUB.SYS - Restoring the old system log files may cause
system logging trouble in the future due to duplicate file names.

DIRECTORY - Will restore the system volumeset directory and user volumeset
(s) directory(ies) (if any). & - Allows you to continue to add parameters to
the  same command which extends beyond the end of a single line on your
screen.

OLDDATE - Sets the creation and accessed dates to the same values
they held at the time they were stored.

KEEP - Will check the disc to see if the file is already on the
system, if it is, the file on disc will be used, if not, it will
be restored from the tape.

SHOW=OFFLINE - Will produce a listing of the restored files and
send it to the LP device.


I hope this helps.


 Cathlene Mc Rae
HP SR. Response Center Engineer
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