>Who is this "ADSML" person?
>
> Are they just an ADSM user/administrator like the rest of us,
or are
>they a developer, or a support person with perhaps a little more
"inside
>information". Unless this is a person with some incredible amount of
ADSM
>authority, I would suggest them NOT sign all their letters "ADSML",
as this
>can be misleading, especially to folks new to this list.
>
> If this person must be anonymous and use a fictitious name,
please
>use something other than "ADSML".IMHO
>
>Ben
>Micron Technology Inc.
>Boise, Id
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ADSM LIST [mailto:adsml AT MAILANDNEWS DOT COM]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 10:19 PM
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: Re: RESTORING DATA AFTER REINSTALLING ADSM
>> Importance: High
>>
>>
>> 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?
>> >
>>
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