That's why I said DO NOT use the old devconfig file.  
However, I should have mentioned that before you do the DB Backup, empty
and delete the old storage pool volumes.  That makes life easier.  Sorry
I missed that step.

See Ya'
Howard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Lee, Gary D.
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:49 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Trouble doing tsm db restore
> 
> Howard Colse was correct.  Did a db backup type=full, and restored
from
> it ok.
> 
> Now to get around the next difficulty.  Totally different hardware
> config.
> 
> My plan was to restore the db to the new server.  However, the disk
> pools will be completely different, and it looks like you can't delete
> a storage pool volume that is off line.
> 
> One thought is to delete the disk pool from the old server, then do
the
> db backup.
> Does anyone have a better way of moving 80 nodes and their data
between
> servers without doing the export / import thing?
> 
> Roughly 8 tB of data over a gigabit ethernet.
> I would appreciate any solutions you may have.
> 
> 
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310