ADSM-L

Re: database volumes

1998-08-04 09:45:47
Subject: Re: database volumes
From: Dwight Cook <decook AT AMOCO DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 08:45:47 -0500
     yep, I listed misc dbvols from 4-8GB below...
     And thank you... in doing this I've noticed some unfinished work from
     last week where I don't have a dbvol mirrored (ouch!)
     And I have just as many 1 & 2 GB DB vols as 4 & 8 GB all mixed
     together.  As environments grow (or new environments created) we add 4
     or 8 GB at a time (based on how big the physical devices are) and if
     we have spare time (ha!) we swap 2GB dbvols with 4GB dbvols on 4GB
     devices

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB36/dbfile36
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB34/dbfile34
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,096
     Allocated Space (MB): 2,880
          Free Space (MB): 1,216

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB12a/dbfile12a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB30a/dbfile30a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,612
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,612
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB12a/dbfile12a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB30a/dbfile30a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,612
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,612
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB12/dbfile12
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB21/dbfile21
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,640
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,640
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB14/dbfile14
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB51/dbfile51
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,084
     Allocated Space (MB): 3,412
          Free Space (MB): 672

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB13/dbfile13
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB49/dbfile49
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,096
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,096
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB12a/dbfile12a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB30a/dbfile30a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,612
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,612
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB12a/dbfile12a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB30a/dbfile30a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,612
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,612
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB46a/dbfile46a
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 4,620
     Allocated Space (MB): 4,620
          Free Space (MB): 0

     Volume Name (Copy 1): /usr/adsm/DB22/dbfile22
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 2): /usr/adsm/DB38/dbfile38
              Copy Status: Sync'd
     Volume Name (Copy 3):
              Copy Status: Undefined
     Available Space (MB): 8,312
     Allocated Space (MB): 7,488
          Free Space (MB): 824





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Subject: Re: database volumes
Author:  g.rentschler (g.rentschler AT rus.uni-stuttgart DOT de) at unix,mime
Date:    8/4/98 3:21 AM


Hi,
I'm a little bit confused. I have AIX 4.2.1 and ADSM Server 3.1.1.3. In my
opinion this configuration should allow database volumes in jfs with more
than 2 GB. The  version 3 ref manual even has a new option -g for dsmfmt
which allows to specify the size in gigabytes. However, before starting to
really using such big db volumes I would like to ask whether my assumption
is really true. Has anyone used db volumes in jfs > 2 GB?
Best regards
Gerhard

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