Well, I'll take a stab at this.
I know when you do a DB restore, the same disk layout (i.e., number of
DBVOLS) is NOT required, been there done that.
I believe the requirement is that the RESTORE TO data base (and recovery
log) must have AT LEAST as much space available as the original, although I
cannot remember where that is documented.
If this is a one-time move, what I would do is use the REDUCE command to
pare the source DB down to 5 GB, then back it up, then restore it to the new
location. If this is a DR drill, then I think you have a problem, but
congratulations on asking the right questions before it's too late!
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Faracchio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 5:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DB restore
Good question. I'd like to know from someone that has experienced a
restore.
Somewhere it implies that you have to have the same disk layout because
its a record backup and not logical.
Is this true? Is it documented? I haven't found it, yet!
... joe.f.
Joseph A Faracchio, Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If I have a 20GB database that is spread accross 10 dbvols but is only 10%
> utilized can I restore that database onto a server with 5 dbvols totaling
> 10GB since the 5 dbvols will hold over the 10% of utilization.
>
