Yes, in a new install, you will be specifying a new clean log.
Only the upgrade process requires double log space until completed.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Rainer Tammer
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:53 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1

Hello,
Is that requirement only for the upgarde?

Bye
  Rainer

On 25.01.2016 18:50, Lee, Gary wrote:
> I never saw it in the docs.
>
> What I had to do was disable the server, do a full backup on the db, then 
> once I had verified the logs were empty, reduced log size to less than half 
> file system space.
> Then do the upgrade, and enlarge logs as necessary after upgrade is verified 
> working.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Rainer Tammer
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:16 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
>
> Hello,
> Is this mentioned in the docs?
>
> That would be a bit difficult in our setup:
>
> Filesystem         GB blocks   Free   %Used  Iused %Iused Mounted on
> /dev/lvtsmactlog   130.00      1.98   99%    262   1%    
> /tsminst1/tsmactlog  <- active log
> /dev/lvtsmarchlog  197.00      193.37 2%     25    1%    
> /tsminst1/tsmarchlog <- archive log
>
>
> Bye
>   Rainer
>
> On 25.01.2016 16:51, Lee, Gary wrote:
>> Yes.
>>
>> Make sure that you have at least double the size of your active and archive 
>> logs as available free space in the respective log directories.
>> i.e. . if your active log size is 32 gB, insure that your log directory has 
>> more than 64 gB free.  Otherwise the database upgrade will fail on install.
>>
>> Other than that, it went well, going from 6.3.4 to 7.1.3.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
>> Of molin gregory
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 10:30 AM
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: [ADSM-L] Upgrade server from 6.3 to 7.1
>>
>> Hello everyone
>>
>> I plan to upgrade my server from version 6.3 to version 7.1.
>> Have you had problems with this procedure?
>>
>> Thank you beforehand
>> Grégory
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