Re: AS/400 UPS
the bearings ceased when it spun down and cooled
I had a similar problem one time with a server: The main data disc won't spin up after a controlled power off. The head of IT was getting stressed by the downtime, knowing a full restore onto a new HDD (once it arrived) would take a long time.
The head of IT started to panic when I got a hammer out!
A light touch to the side of the HDD was enough to release the bearings and the disc spun up OK. More backups were rapidly taken whilst we waited for an engineer to arrive with a new HDD.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
