Re: relinking

>>> Maria Wilson <m.l.wilson@larc.nasa.gov> 11/02/99 08:06PM >>> >not sure if this is possible or not - here's the scoop - >just upgraded to Solaris 7 ( running ods 7.23) and now using disksuite >as opposed to vm. Upgrade went fine and restore of database services >was easy.... here's the question - Can I change the paths for the >symlinks to the raw devices? I know that you can easily relink to a new >disk if necessary - but how about doing the opposite and changing the >name(path) of the symlink? Really don't want to stay with t.he vm >directory structure - if possible. > >ex - /dev/vx/rdsk/dbdg/rootchunk to /dev/dbgroup/rootchunk If the vx rootchunk is the path reported via onstat -d then no (ish). This is the reason why you use symlinks eg/chunks/rootdbs. You should never use the links that the OS uses. If you've got enough disk you can move this link by adding/deleting/renaming mirrors devices. If you are brave then you can tweak the reserve pages but it is not a task to be considered lightly Paul Watson WF Software Ltd Tel: +44 1436 674729 Fax: +44 1436 678729 www.wfsoftware.com/informix # If you broke it, hide the evidence