If you only touch executables like dsmserv, then YES you can get away
with an overwrite/reinstall.  Gotta remember, those install dirs
contain information like your licenses/dsmserv.dsk/nodelock/options which
deal directly with you current config.  Once those disappear, might as
well reinstall from scratch.

Best suggestion is BACKUP/RESTORE DB saving off volhist/devcnfg/options
files.
Then reinstall followed by a PIT restore.

Ciao,
ADSML

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Kevin P. Gibbons
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 8:51 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: RESTORING DATA AFTER REINSTALLING ADSM
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We have ADSM running on an IBM AIX 4.1.4 box.  It has been running for
> about
> six months.  It is the OPTICAL Jukebox and we have half of the optical
> CD ROMS
> full with data.
>
> We must reinstall the operating system to upgrade to AIX 4.1.5.  All the
> ADSM databases
> are stored on the /adsmdb and adsmdbc (copy) filesystems.  We have the
> log stored
> under the /adsmlog and adsmlogc filesystems.   We have been doing a FULL
> ADSM database
> backup each day to the optical disks.  We have also backed up the
> volumes and logs to the optical
> disks.
>
> My question is as follows.  Can we simply re-install the ADSM (under
> /usr/lpp/adsm and /usr/lpp/adsmserv)
> software without doing anything special for the ADSm databases and the
> data on the optical disks?    Does
> the installation of ADSM wipe out the database or any other ADSM data or
> configuration?
>