For those that are interested, we just completed a unload/loadformat/load of our TSM database.
Our system is a RS6K-F80 running AIX4.3.3 running TSM 4.2.1.8. The database is 60GB in size with a 97% utilization. Disk is on an ESS connected via FC. We used an LTO drive to run the unload/load. The unload took just under 16hours. It stopped displaying the progress after a couple of hours (when are Tivoli going to fix this). The load took 10 hours. Database utilization dropped to 61% This is the first unload/load since we installed this system just over 12 months ago. I remember running this on our old Sun server round a year ago with a slightly smaller DB running TSM3.7.3. The unload ran for a similar time but the load ran for almost double the time. I think it may have been the result of a slower disk/CPU. Cheers, Suad --
