Re: Partition Collapse

[Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is the master console setups going to be the same then on both boxes once
complete.  The box your restoring to is there anything currently on it.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:07 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2 - IP is no problem, what may be a problem are your line descriptions.
> Just verify the resource names with WRKHDWRSC *CMN.  Do that now before
> the restore to know you have the right resource after the restore,
> especially if you have multiple lan adapters, etc.
>
> 3 - If you're familiar with BRMS then follow their quite detailed
> instructions for the restore.  I am not.  I would use a GO SAVE 21 (and
> some would say twice to ensure that the tape is not bad) and restore from
> that.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   Rhishabh Srivastava <rhishabh@xxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   01/06/2010 02:54 PM
> Subject:        Partition Collapse
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> I am going to perform a partition collapse on a 820 Box in which i have to
> delete the 2 secondary partitions and restore one of the secondary
> partitions on primary making it a stand alone box.
>
> The plan is to delete the partitions then IPL the primary once . Allocate
> all the resources to primary . From SST remove the configuration data of
> old
> load source disks.
> Also i have to move the Alternate IPL device from System Bus 23 to  System
> Bus 1 ( with the help of CE ) . Then proceed the LIC recovery and OS from
> secondary FULLSAV media
>
> I had a prior experience of restoring a partition but never done
> restoration
> of secondary on primary.So there were few questions popping in my mind
>
> 1. Will i get the console (OPS Console Direct Connect) back  as i am
> restoring the secondary partition.
> 2. Will my IP configurations will stay ( as resources which were
> configured
> on secondary for line description are now all belong to single box ) ,
> 3. Which Full System Save recovery process will be better - BRMS or GO
> SAVE
> 21.
>
> Any thing else i should be worried about ?
>
> Rhishabh
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