Roy,

I would simply define the new volumes, set the old volume's access to
READONLY and move the old volume's content (MOVE DATA). Afterwards the
old volumes should be empty and can be removed.

Roy Lake writes:
 > Hi Guys,
 >
 > We have a situation where our Oracle disk storage pool is currently too 
 > small. At the moment, it consists of 8 1 gig volumes, and we want to change 
 > this to two 8 gig volumes. Could you help me to understand if what I am 
 > doing below will accomplish this?....
 >
 > This is what I believe we need to do to change the size of the Oracle 
 > storage pool for TSM:-
 >
 > 1. Backup ADSMORAD (Oracle Disk Pool) to ADSMCOPY:-
 >
 >     bkpstg adsmorad
 >
 > 2. Mark the ADSMORAD volumes as destroyed in TSM:-
 >
 >     update vol * access=destroyed wherestgp=adsmorad
 >
 > 3. Remove the 8 1gig logical volumes in Unix
 >
 >     (/dev/rstgpvvol01lv - /dev/rstgpvvol08lv)
 >
 > 4. Add two new 8 gig logical volumes in Unix
 >
 >    (/dev/radsmorad01lv and /dev/radsmorad02lv)
 >
 > 5. Define the new volumes in TSM:-
 >
 >     def vol adsmorad /dev/radsmorad01lv
 >     def vol adsmorad /dev/radsmorad02lv
 >
 > 6. Restore the ADSMORAD storage pool:-
 >
 >     restore stgpool adsmorad
 >
 > Before we mark the volumes as destroyed in TSM, do we need to vary them 
 > offline first?.
 >
 > Kind Regards,
 >
 > Roy.
 >
 >
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