Richard,

it is my understanding that the RESTORE DB only works if you have a valid
"log".  Since I am moving to a new machine with new disks, I thought my only
option was the DUMPDB/LOADDB.  Have you tried doing a bare-metal restore?

Mark

> ----------
> From:         Richard Sims[SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Friday, October 30, 1998 1:07PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: LOADDB fails
>
> I don't know why the LOADDB fails; but DUMPDB/LOADDB is basically archaic:
> you should be using BACKUP DB and DSMSERV RESTORE DB for such operations.
> DUMPDB/LOADDB are part of a salvage utility that was a stop gap solution
> for ADSMv1 until the database backup and recovery functions could be added
> in ADSM version 2.
>     Richard Sims, BU
>