Hi Zoltan.
Been there done that, yes it works as documented.

I think the deal is that unlike the activelog, the old files in the 
archivelogdir only get accessed during a DB backup or a DB recovery.
So as long as you don't try to do a DB backup before you move the old files, 
you're good.

W


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Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:58 AM
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Subject: [ADSM-L] Moving archlog folder

One of my servers is having disk "issues" and it happens to be where the 
tsmarchlog folder is.  The Linux Administrators Guide says to:

Moving only the archive log
You can move only the archive log from one directory to another.
1. Halt the server.
2. Create an new archive log directory. For example:         mkdir
/archivelog2
3. Update the dsmserv.opt option file for the new archive log directory.
For example:   archlogdir /archivelog2
4. Restart the server.
5. Move the archive logs from the old directory to the new directory.
Preserve any subdirectory structure. Use and verify a recursive copy directory 
command. For  example:  cp -r /archivelog/* /archivelog2 6. Optional: Remove 
the old directory.

I am questioning that it says to "Restart the server" before copying the
contents of the "old directory"?????   I would have thought you needed the
old directory BEFORE starting up the server?  Or do I completely NOT understand 
how this works (my suspicions) since I am not a DB2 person....


Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
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