HP NonStop G-Series User Manual

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Save as System Load Configuration

Specifies, within OSM, this disk as an alternate system load volume. You can specify up to four such
alternate system load configurations. Each one is displayed under the system attributes in the OSM
Service Connection, and can be selected from within the System Load dialog box in the OSM
Low-Level Link.

Spin Down

Stops the physical spinning of the disk drive. This should be done before removing a disk drive. Both
paths must be down for the action to succeed.

Spin Up

Starts the physical spinning of the disk drive.

Start Backup Path

Starts the backup path to this disk drive. When the Start action completes, the backup path is in the
Started state.

This action fails if both paths to this disk are down and the mirrored disk is Up. For more
information, see

Start Disk

.

Start Disk

Use this action to start all paths to the disk drive only when:

The disk paths are in a Down state. (Hard Down states require a reset action, either

Reset Disk

,

Reset Primary Path

, or

Reset Backup Path

as appropriate.)

Its mirrored disk is not currently Up. The Start Disk action is designed to fail if the mirrored
disk is already in an Up state because the mirror and primary disk volumes can have different
data and require a revive operation. To revive and bring up the disks properly, use the OSM

Start Volume

action or SCF START DISK command.

When the action completes successfully, all paths to the disk are in the Started state.

Start Primary Path

Starts the primary path to this disk drive. When the Start action completes, the primary path is in the
Started state.

This action fails if both paths to this disk are down and the mirrored disk is Up. For more
information, see

Start Disk

.

Start Volume

Starts all paths for both the primary and mirror drives of this volume unless they are in a Hard Down
state. Disk paths in a Hard Down state require a reset action first (either

Reset Disk

,

Reset Primary

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