Replacing an AIX Disk Drive

Audience: AIX Administrators

Date: August 5, 2001

The procedure to replace an AIX disk drive depends on what is on the disk. The attached PDF file describes how to replace a disk drive in AIX. It is based on the official "Removing and Replacing a Fixed Drive" document that can be found at

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/rs6k/techbrowse /

A few of the additions include

• Documenting the disk configuration
• How to create map file to restore an LV to the exact disk partition.
• How to replace a JFSLOG.
• A flowchart for replacing a disk drive

Replacing an AIX Disk