That's why I said DO NOT use the old devconfig file. However, I should have mentioned that before you do the DB Backup, empty and delete the old storage pool volumes. That makes life easier. Sorry I missed that step.
See Ya' Howard > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Lee, Gary D. > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] Trouble doing tsm db restore > > Howard Colse was correct. Did a db backup type=full, and restored from > it ok. > > Now to get around the next difficulty. Totally different hardware > config. > > My plan was to restore the db to the new server. However, the disk > pools will be completely different, and it looks like you can't delete > a storage pool volume that is off line. > > One thought is to delete the disk pool from the old server, then do the > db backup. > Does anyone have a better way of moving 80 nodes and their data between > servers without doing the export / import thing? > > Roughly 8 tB of data over a gigabit ethernet. > I would appreciate any solutions you may have. > > > Gary Lee > Senior System Programmer > Ball State University > phone: 765-285-1310
