I suspect you will run into endian issues. You didn't say what type of filesystem or what DB you are using. I think ext2, ext3, and reiser can be moved from big endian to little endian, but I am not completely sure.
The DB probably has binary data in the indexes, and possibly in the actual data. This will cause things to break. -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Moving SCSI disk on z/VM to Intel Has anyone successfully "moved" data on a SCSI disk from a Linux guest under z/VM to an Intel machine simply by redefining the LUN? That is, if you have the right Shark and the right kinds of connections to both the zSeries and an Intel machine (dedicated FCP subchannels attached to a Linux guest), *in theory* one would think you could have (say) a database on a minidisk, shut down the VM guest, redefine the LUN so it's now accessible from an Intel Linux box running the same DBMS, mount it, and use the data. In talking with IBM, including Steve Wilkins, nobody has been able to say "This will definitely work". The issue is that VM is going to want to put an allocmap, label, etc. on the disk, and Intel isn't likely to know what to make of that. So...anyone done this? Or have additional info that might help? Thanks in advance...if I had a Shark I'd sure try it, but I don't... -- ...phsiii Phil Smith III Director of Technical Services Levanta, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (703) 476-4511 (office) (703) 568-6662 (cell) Levanta. Get More Out of Linux ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
