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Adding an AutoRestart/iX Disk Drive to Your System's Configuration This section describes the steps necessary to logically configure disk drives on your system. Note that a disk drive is not completely configured until your configuration is saved to a new system load tape (SLT) and your system is rebooted.
NOTE This section assumes that you are installing disk drives on your system for use by AutoRestart/iX. If you plan to make configuration changes to a group other than the default configuration group (CONFIG.SYS), refer to the System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual (32650-90042).
For more information about configuring and installing disk drives, refer to the System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual (32650-90042). To add a disk drive to your system's configuration, perform the following steps: 1. Log on to the console as MANAGER.SYS and invoke the SYSGEN utility. At the system prompt, enter: :HELLO MANAGER[/userpass].SYS[/acctpass] :SYSGEN 2. Invoke the SYSGEN IO configurator. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter: sysgen>IO 3. Use the LDEV and LPATH commands to get current IO configuration listings. At the IO prompt, enter: io>LDEV DEST=OFFLINE io>LPATH DEST=OFFLINE io>OCLOSE The OCLOSE command closes SYSGEN's listing file, SYSGLIST, and prints the information in the file. 4. Decide on which LDEV to add the drive. View the LDEV command output. Choose any unused LDEV and assign it to the disk drive. 5. Decide on the path of the added disk drive. View the LPATH command output. If you are adding the drive to a newly installed HP-IB card, you must first use the APATH command to define the path down to the device adapter level. For example, assume that you plan to add the drive to a newly installed HP-IB card (ID number, HP27113A) and the card was placed in the CIO expander (CA 36) on channel adapter 2, and device adapter slot 2. At the IO prompt, enter: io>APATH 36.2 HP27113A 6. Add the device. Use the ADEV command to add the device, including the device address. At the IO prompt, enter: io>ADEV LDEV=ldev PATH=path_spec ID=device_id CLASS=DISC 7. Use the HOLD command to temporarily hold the changes that you made to the IO configuration and the EXIT command to exit the IO configurator. At the IO prompt, enter: io>HOLD io>EXIT 8. Use the KEEP command to store to disk the changes that you have made to your system's configuration. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter: sysgen>KEEP The SYSGEN utility saves to the default configuration group the configuration changes made in the IO configurator. Respond Y when SYSGEN asks if it should overwrite that group: _____________________________________________________ | | | | | keeping to group CONFIG.SYS | | Purge old configuration (yes/no)? Y | | ** configuration files successfully saved ** | | | _____________________________________________________ 9. Mount a write-enabled tape on the tape drive. Put the tape online. Use the TAPE command at the SYSGEN prompt to generate a customized system load tape (SLT) that includes the new configuration. At the SYSGEN prompt, enter: sysgen>TAPE Reply to the tape request. The system indicates when the tape is completed: **Boot tape is successfully built** This is your system's new SLT. Label the tape, and store it in a secure location. 10. Exit SYSGEN after creating the SLT and perform an orderly system shutdown, then reboot your system using START NORECOVERY; this will enable your configuration changes. Refer to the System Startup, Configuration, and Shutdown Reference Manual (32650-90042) for details on performing an orderly shutdown and rebooting your system.