Hello Greg, > o off-line rebuild with norton-reinit -dump/-restore. > + user can restore the identical dumpfile with the old norton to > migrate back. > + server RVM will be as fresh as possible with minimal > fragmentation. > - have to purge backup volumes. > > This seems best; I want data migration and little pain, but I don't > mind downtime to do it. I have important data, but I don't have a
I like this one, me too. > always been unclear about dump/restore. I would like to be able to > restore and create a volume, possibly replicated, that was just like > the one I dumped. But, if it isn't too much manual work that's I suppose it is (still) not possible. You have to move data between a restored readonly volume and a (possibly newly created empty) read-write one. (to be clear, we are talking about two independent matters here, rvm migration, and volume dumps/restores) Regards, -- Ivan
