You can use raw devices for DB, log or stg volumes and there is no "dsmserv format" command needed. Just create the raw devices and then start to use them. No long wait to do format them...
Ben -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin Bleistein Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: database restore I'm about to restore a tsm database from one physical site to another. Now on the source/current site the tsm and database log volumes are on AIX raw logical volumes/lv's/non-fs. Now I want to restore this database to the target tsm server at the target site. I assume that all I have to do is create the logical volumes without a filesystem of equal or more size on the target system's disk. Then just type in the restore command as if I do when there file volumes? When I issue the "dsmserv format" command before the restore to initialize the volumes I usually type in a path of the file of the database and log volumes. I'm assuming all I have to do is replace those filenames with: "/dev/rlvname" for the database and log?. Is this a correct assumption?. Does anyone have any commands/docs on restoring a tsm database when it's on raw logical volumes? I can't find docs anywhere for that situation. Also if I decided I wanted the volumes to be files on mounted filesystems instead of rlvs, I'm assuming I just specify the volume destination as the mounted filesystem, during the actual database restore?. Thanks in advance.. --Justin Richard Bleistein
