That was the reason that I included the comment. I tried without the format and when I went to bring up the instance, it was NOT satisfied with the LVM and I could not get a clean boot. I don't know why but when I did the format then the restore, it came up clean the first time.
Loren Charnley, Jr. IT Systems Engineer Family Dollar Stores, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (704) 847-6961 x 2000 -----Original Message----- From: Ed Zell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Moving a guest to new DASD > I have been successful in using DDR to copy the volumes. > The one big step that I originally over looked was to format > the new volumes before the DDR restore. I have just finished > copying two LINUX guests to a new storage array and it is > now in production. > > Loren Charnley, Jr. Hi Loren, I was just curious why you needed to format the new volumes before restoring the data. If you use DDR to DUMP ALL and RESTORE ALL, wouldn't that take care of "formatting" the new packs? What am I missing here? Thanks. Ed Zell (309) 674-8255 x-107 [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This communication, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, notify the sender immediately, delete the communication and destroy all copies. Thank you for your compliance. ----------------------------------------- ************************************************************ NOTE: This e-mail message contains PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL information and is intended only for the use of the specific individual or individuals to which it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of this e-mail or the information contained herein or attached hereto is strictly prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, notify the person named above by reply e-mail and please delete it. Thank you.
