ontape question

We have a production database (IDS 7.3 UC7) running on an AIX (3.4) box that we would like to 'recreate' on another AIX box for QA purposes. We thought ontape might be the right tool for the job. The QA box is used for other tasks. Therefore, I would prefer not to used 'raw' partitioning on it. Now, to the meat of my question. Can we use ontape to restore an instance from a box using 'raw' partitions to one using 'cooked', as long as all the dbspace sizing is the same and the same ONCONFIG file is used? I searched this list for ontape + chunk and found quite a few 'nuggets'. Per Art Kagel: "Actually you do not need the oninit -i at all. Just have the same disks (or links) available where each is AT LEAST as large as the corresponding file on the source system, create the ONCONFIG file and restore. Voila! Instant database. In the ONCONFIG file only the disk parameters (ie ROOTFILE, PHYSFILE,...) need to be the same as the source. Shared memory parameters may differ including the servername and server number." However, I did not see anything addressing 'raw' versus 'cooked'. TIA, Steve Weaver In a world without walls or fences, who needs windows and gates? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.