Yes, but if you'll read my first reply, you want to leave the dirmc pool
in place. It enables *much* faster restores when you have to bring back
a lot of files (like an entire drive).

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
Office 262.521.5627  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>Behalf Of Robert Ouzen
>Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:30 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Dirmc question
>
>Hi Mark
>
>Correct me if I am wrong you said that the information is also 
>stored in my standard disk stotage pool (after migration on 
>tape too). So after a move nodedata on my new storage pool on 
>disk I will not need anymore the dirmc parameter and the old 
>dirmc storage disk , all the information will be on the new 
>storage disk including the directory structure .....
>
>Regards
>Ouzen Robert (rouzen AT univ.haifa.ac DOT il)
>
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>Behalf Of Stapleton, Mark
>Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:12 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Dirmc question
>
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>Behalf Of Robert Ouzen
>>I am running Netware backups at night on disk and during the day I 
>>migrate it to cartridge I am planning now to backups those Novell 's 
>>client just on a storage disk.
>>For better performance I know backup my dirmc on disk , I 
>think to do a 
>>move nodedata from my cartridge storage to my new storage 
>disk but what 
>>about my storage disk of dirmc I think I will not need anymore .
>> 
>>Did I need  to do :
>> 1. A next storage  from my actual dirmc storage disk to the new 
>>storage disk where the Novell's backup will be after the move 
>nodedata 
>>2. To  delete my old dirmc storage pool ( after is empty)  3. 
>To delete 
>>the dirmc entry on my dsm.opt
>
>Leave your dirmc disk storage pool just the way it is now.
>
>Information that goes into your dirmc pool is also stored in 
>your standard disk storage pool, which you are now migrating 
>to tape. The reason you leave the dirmc disk pool in place is 
>so that when you have to perform large-scale restores, the 
>directory structure information is restored from disk; this is 
>much faster than restoring from tape.
>
>--
>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>Berbee Information Networks
>Office 262.521.5627  
>