With V5 I was able to move TSM from one computer to another if the database/log files were on attached storage (SAN) as long as I mounted them to the same path that is in the DSMSERV.DSK file.
Now with TSM V6 and DB2, if all by db/log/archlog/. files are on attachned SAN LUN's, is it possible to install TSM on a new server, recreate the instance pointing to the same db/log/archlog paths and then re-attach the LUN's? Will the instance come up? Trying to do this without having to allocate additional space (short supply!) and doing a restore. What happened here is that somehow most of the / root directory on the Linux TSM server got deleted, as well as the home/tsminst1 directory. The DB/LOG/ARCHLOG are all on attached Netapp LUN's and weren't affected. I was hoping that I could just reinstall TSM, recreate the instance pointing to the same locations and then map the storage.. Would the instance (and DB2) come up? This way they customer wouldn't have to restore from the last DBBackup and potentially lose data. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. (610) 927-4407 "Enjoy life. It has an expiration date." - ??
