One more question.... To try and better understand what the process would be to restore a ADSM database on a new TSM server I began looking through the PREPARE files. I have 15 dbvols mirrored for a total of 30. tsm: ADSM_AIX>q dbvol Volume Name Copy Volume Name Copy Volume Name Copy (Copy 1) Status (Copy 2) Status (Copy 3) Status ---------------- ------ ---------------- ------ ---------------- ------ /dbaa1dk5/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk6/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk9/db Sync'd /dbab1dk12/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk3/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk10/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk2/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk14/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk16/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk17/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk7/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk8/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk11/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk13/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk27/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk33/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk25/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk29/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk18/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk32/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk28/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk30/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk21/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk24/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk31/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk22/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk19/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk20/db Sync'd Undef- /dbaa1dk23/db Sync'd /dbaa1dk26/db Sync'd Undef- In the PREPARE script when it formats the dbvols the script only creates the ones in the "Copy 1" column. Does the "Copy 2" column automatically get created? Do I have to issue define dbcopy dbname copydbname for each one? If so how can I ensure that the copies are going to be made on different ssa disks/loops? Thanks, Denis