Hello:


> What if I do the following:

>   1. do a DUMPDB

  I hope you mean doing a online dumpdb consistent=yes so an auditdb is
  not required.

>   2. delete & define new dbvolumes
>   3. do a LOADDB

> It's not painless, wouldn't this work?

Yes you can do this but you need to add step 2a do the install step.
This is required to reformat the log, update the dsk file and update the
restart record on each of the volumes.

Regards - David Bohm, ADSM technical support