Re: Informix/AIX block raw device to character raw device

In article <34195ED7.7704@bloomberg.com>, "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.com> writes >goffma@ams.iix.com wrote: >> >> We had an Informix consultant set up our database using raw disk space. >> The problem is that he set up the links using the block device name >> instead of the character device name. Is it possible to fix this by >> simply changing the links? If not, what is the best procedure to remedy >> this situation? > >If you are using a link pointing to the block device you can just >shutdown the engine, relink to the character device and restart. There >should be no problems. > >Art S. Kagel I've done this on Solaris 2.5.1 before but there is no guarantee that the character device and the raw device match up. There is no definaate guarantee, especially if you are using a Logical Volume Manager. I would take a level 0 archive, fix the links and then restore it, just to be on the safe side. -- David Williams