Convert a UDFS disk pool to secondary

You have the capability to convert UDFS disk pools to library-capable primary and secondary disk pools. Library-capable disk pools will support library-based objects. You must convert UDFS disk pools if you want them to participate in a disk pool group. Before you create a secondary disk pool, you must already have created its primary disk pool.

To convert a UDFS disk pool to a secondary disk pool, follow these steps:

1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand My Connections (or your active environment).
2. Expand your iSeries server > Configuration and Service > Hardware > Disk Units.
3. If the Service Tools Signon dialog box displays, sign on to service tools.
4. Select Disk Pools.
5. In the right pane you may select one or more UDFS disk pools to convert at the same time. Right-click the required UDFS Disk Pool(s) and select Convert to Secondary disk pool.
6. On the Confirm Convert to Secondary Disk Pool dialog box, select the primary disk pool that you need to associate with the secondary disk pools. The primary disk pool selected should not have been made available before being associated with the secondary disk pols. Only the primary disk pools that are currently owned by the system can be selected. You will not be able to change the primary after you perform this action.
7. Click Convert Disk Pool.
8. If the disk pool you converted to secondary is in a device cluster resource group, then you must change the Online attribute to *PRIMARY. Use the Change Cluster Resource Group Device Entry CHGCRGDEVE command or the (QcstChangeClusterResourceGroupDev) API to change the Online attribute to *PRIMARY.