Thanks to all for the FAST responses.
Consensus is that addvol/rmvol will certainly work for what we are trying to
do, and will do so live. It does not require LSM but does require the ADVFS
Utilities license.
Thanks again
Bill Skulley
DynCorp I&ET
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skulley, William
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:08 AM
> To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: RAID Swap
>
> I've recently inherited a bunch of Tru64 systems. I've scanned the
> archives but want to make sure I really understand...
>
> On Tru64 5.0A PK2 we are looking to swap out a RAID with a new one, both
> are the same size. There are 6 slices on the existing RAID and one ADVFS
> domain and fileset per slice. We are not running LSM. Is it as simple as
> doing an addvol for each domain on the new RAID and then an rmvol (again
> for each domain) for the old RAID, or does that require LSM? I was
> originally considering a vdump/vrestore between the two but it looked like
> that took a fair amount of contortions to accomplish. I'm certain there
> are other methods as well? Hardware is an ES40 FWIW.
>
> All guidance/constructive criticism welcomed.
>
> Thanks
> Bill Skulley
> DynCorp I&ET
Received on Thu Feb 01 2001 - 15:48:22 NZDT