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From: weaver@prls.UUCP (Mike Weaver)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Analyze/Disk/Repair -- Live?
Message-ID: <3119@prls.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Apr-87 15:50:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 16 15:50:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Apr-87 09:27:23 EST
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Organization: Philips Res. Labs, Sunnyvale, CA
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Summary: yes, you can do this

I have done analyze/disk/repair on live filesystems several times and
have not had any problems. I generally use /confirm, just because to be
careful. This takes about 15 minutes for the system disk, an RP07, and
ten minutes for each user disk (RA81). The time presumably varies with the
number of files. One nice feature is that batch jobs in progress are only
held up and not aborted when the disk is write-locked.

Michael Weaver
Signetics Microprocessor CAD 
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