You can use raw devices for DB, log or stg volumes and there is
no "dsmserv format" command needed. Just create the raw devices and then
start to use them. No long wait to do format them...

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Justin Bleistein
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 7:14 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: database restore


      I'm about to restore a tsm database from one physical site to
another. Now on the source/current site the tsm and database log volumes
are on AIX raw logical volumes/lv's/non-fs. Now I want to restore this
database to the target tsm server at the target site. I assume that all
I have to do is create the logical volumes without a filesystem of equal
or more size on the target system's disk. Then just type in the restore
command as if I do when there file volumes? When I issue the "dsmserv
format" command before the restore to initialize the volumes I usually
type in a path of the file of the database and log volumes. I'm assuming
all I have to do is replace those filenames with: "/dev/rlvname" for the
database and log?.  Is this a correct assumption?. Does anyone have any
commands/docs on restoring a tsm database when it's on raw logical
volumes? I can't find docs anywhere for that situation. Also if I
decided I wanted the volumes to be files on mounted filesystems instead
of rlvs, I'm assuming I just specify the volume destination as the
mounted filesystem, during the actual database restore?.

Thanks in advance..

--Justin Richard Bleistein