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One of my servers is having disk "issues" and it happens to be where the
tsmarchlog folder is. The Linux Administrators Guide says to:

Moving only the archive log
You can move only the archive log from one directory to another.
1. Halt the server.
2. Create an new archive log directory. For example: mkdir
/archivelog2
3. Update the dsmserv.opt option file for the new archive log directory.
For example: archlogdir /archivelog2
4. Restart the server.
5. Move the archive logs from the old directory to the new directory.
Preserve any subdirectory structure. Use and verify a recursive copy
directory command. For example: cp -r /archivelog/* /archivelog2
6. Optional: Remove the old directory.

I am questioning that it says to "Restart the server" before copying the
contents of the "old directory"????? I would have thought you needed the
old directory BEFORE starting up the server? Or do I completely NOT
understand how this works (my suspicions) since I am not a DB2 person....


Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Hi Zoltan,

If you move the archlog from the old directory to the new one before the
server has been restarted, you'll get a message saying that DBM cannot
start because the directory is not empty upon restart.

Note that you may need to restart twice : one time to update the
configuration, and the second time for real, and then you'll be able to
move the archlog.

Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
Erwann SIMON


Le 08/02/2012 13:57, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU a écrit :
One of my servers is having disk "issues" and it happens to be where the
tsmarchlog folder is. The Linux Administrators Guide says to:

Moving only the archive log
You can move only the archive log from one directory to another.
1. Halt the server.
2. Create an new archive log directory. For example: mkdir
/archivelog2
3. Update the dsmserv.opt option file for the new archive log directory.
For example: archlogdir /archivelog2
4. Restart the server.
5. Move the archive logs from the old directory to the new directory.
Preserve any subdirectory structure. Use and verify a recursive copy
directory command. For example: cp -r /archivelog/* /archivelog2
6. Optional: Remove the old directory.

I am questioning that it says to "Restart the server" before copying the
contents of the "old directory"????? I would have thought you needed the
old directory BEFORE starting up the server? Or do I completely NOT
understand how this works (my suspicions) since I am not a DB2 person....


Zoltan Forray
TSM Software& Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray < at > vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
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Hi Zoltan.
Been there done that, yes it works as documented.

I think the deal is that unlike the activelog, the old files in the archivelogdir only get accessed during a DB backup or a DB recovery.
So as long as you don't try to do a DB backup before you move the old files, you're good.

W


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One of my servers is having disk "issues" and it happens to be where the tsmarchlog folder is. The Linux Administrators Guide says to:

Moving only the archive log
You can move only the archive log from one directory to another.
1. Halt the server.
2. Create an new archive log directory. For example: mkdir
/archivelog2
3. Update the dsmserv.opt option file for the new archive log directory.
For example: archlogdir /archivelog2
4. Restart the server.
5. Move the archive logs from the old directory to the new directory.
Preserve any subdirectory structure. Use and verify a recursive copy directory command. For example: cp -r /archivelog/* /archivelog2 6. Optional: Remove the old directory.

I am questioning that it says to "Restart the server" before copying the
contents of the "old directory"????? I would have thought you needed the
old directory BEFORE starting up the server? Or do I completely NOT understand how this works (my suspicions) since I am not a DB2 person....


Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray < at > vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html