Re: RAW devices relocatable?

I think you can use dd without problems and I think it will be much faster than ontape. Best Regards, Octav bernd salzmann wrote: > > my raw devices for informix db are almost full. > > it means there are 4 2gbytes sized logical volumens > (partitions on disks on hp-ux) > on 2 4gbytes disks (in summary 8 gbytes) which have to be > **moved** to a new and much bigger disk able to contain a lot of > additional raw devs too. > > possible solution 1: > > can i dd the raw devs from old to new disk? > (and then change the soft links to the new ones) > > possible solution 2: > > can i save informix db with ontape -s to tape, > and then reload with ontape -r onto the new raw devs, > (after made the soft links to the new ones) and start informix again? > > who can help me? > > tnx from bernd salzmann. > > 036920870-1740@T-Online.de -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com