Kevin wrote:

>I had a disk go bad (member3 of a user volume set; mpeix 5.0 pp6). Just
>got it
>replaced. DSTAT shows status as unknown.
>When I try the NEWVOL command to declare it same as before I get error
>that the
>   member exists.
>
>It appears that a master directory for the user volume exists. Can this
>be cleaned up
>some how, or must I go thru and re-build the complete volumeset?
>
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>* Keven Miller   KC7LYD
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>

Unless you have disc mirroring on the volume set.......

Anytime you lose a volume (any volume, master or member) in a volume
set, you MUST rebuild the entire set. If that volume set happens to be
the MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET, then you have to perform an INSTALL.

However, if the old drive is readable (e.g. it is being replaced due to
an intermittent problem or excessive correctable errors) then the CE can
boot the system in single-user mode, copy the disc to tape using
DTDUTIL, shut the system down, replace the drive, reboot in single-user
mode, copy the data from tape to the new drive, shutdown, and reboot in
multi-user mode, and you may be okay.

Everyone please, please, please, make extensive use of user volume
sets to segregate applications and please don't make the volume sets
too large. I really hate having to tell someone with a 20 disc volume
set that he has to reload it, knowing it will take him a very long time
to do so. Make your volume sets as small as possible keeping in mind
that you may someday have to rebuild a set at a very inopportune time.
The small amount of overhead involved in managing the sets may pay big
dividends down the line.

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