Because with FDR, I can move a 3390 volume worth of data (3338 cylinders
or app. 2.7GB) in about 5-7 minutes.

I doubt if TSM can logically move its records in that short of a time.





Jim Sporer <james.sporer AT DOIT.WISC DOT EDU>
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09/18/2001 12:24 PM
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        Subject:        Re: TSM OS/390 DB "volumes"


It's so easy to move using TSM processes, why would you want to use some
other utility.  The good thing about using TSM to do the move is you don't
even have to take the TSM server down.  All you have to do is allocate and
format the new volume, then add it as a mirror and delete the old volume.
Jim Sporer

   At 11:54 AM 9/18/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Is there anything internal for a OS/390 TSM DataBase "volume" (i.e. the
>VSAM LINEAR d/s), that prevents me from moving it using a standard system
>utility ?
>
>Could I move the linear d/s, using FDR or DSS  or are there internal
>location-type pointers that would destroy the DB if pyhsically moved
using
>non-TSM processes ?
>
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