Re: LPAR - DASD 720 - 820 - Moving Data

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Thanks for the input. Do you have any idea it would take using the DST
(assumming about 40% full) ?

Andy Nolen-Parkhouse wrote:

> Jeffrey,
>
> If I understand your question correctly, you are planning on an upgrade
> from a 720 to an 820, maintaining two RAID controllers and fifteen 4 GB
> drives on the 720 chassis as a migration tower.
>
> Once the 820 is up and running, you would use the dedicated service
> tools (DST) to pump the data from the 4 GB drives to the 8 GB drives,
> and then logically remove the drives from the configuration.  That would
> then make them available for assignment to a partition.  (This is overly
> simplified but true in spirit.)  Check the Backup and Recovery manual
> for specific details on using DST to move data.
>
> Alternatively, once the system is running on the 820, you could perform
> two complete saves, partition the box, and restore the save to your 8 GB
> drives.
>
> Regards,
> Andy Nolen-Parkhouse
>
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> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 11:31 AM
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> > Subject: LPAR - DASD 720 - 820 - Moving Data
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> > We have a 720 with (10) - 4 gig dasd and are planning on adding 5 more
> > (including a new controller). My question is that when we upgrade to
> the
> > 820 with (5) 8.5 gig dasd and are ready to LPAR how do I free up the
> > new 4 gig dasd string for used by the LPAR.
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