Moving databases to other Storage

Hello, We need more space for our databases, they're reaching 99% of our capacity. So we contracted a new Storage. I've to move my DBs from the actual Storage to the new Storage. How can i do this safely?? I think to make a full backup and restore it on the new Storage, but im not sure if this is going to work. Someone has any suggestion?!? Thanks, and sorry my poor english

Josep wrote: ALWAYS post version and platform information! IFF you are using IDS v10.00 or later you can archive the instance and rename the chunks to point to the new disks during the restore process. IFF you have use symbolic links for chunk paths then you can shutdown the instance, copy the chunks from the original structures to the new ones using DD or other OS level tools, recreate the chunk links to point to the new locations instead of the original ones, then restart the instance. If you are using a version prior to IDS 10.00 and have used physical paths instead of symbolic links for the chunk paths, then Neil's suggestion of using mirrors is the easiest solution. REMEMBER TO USE SYMBOLIC LINKS FOR THE NEW CHUNKS THIS TIME! Art S. Kagel Oninit > Hello, > > We need more space for our databases, they're reaching 99% of our > capacity. > > So we contracted a new Storage. > > I've to move my DBs from the actual Storage to the new Storage. > > How can i do this safely?? > > I think to make a full backup and restore it on the new Storage, but > im not sure if this is going to work. > > Someone has any suggestion?!? > > Thanks, and sorry my poor english > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > -- Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org)