Hi everybody,

We have a client with a 500GB IDS 7.3 DB. The client needs to move
some dbspaces (about 40GB) to a new set of drives. Which options
of the following do you prefer:

1- Can I create the new devices and then use "dd" with the DB off-line
to copy the chunks to the new devices?

2- Can I create the new devices, perform a full backup, change the
links of the chunks to the new devices and the restore ONLY the
dbspaces that I want to move?

3-Or should I use the traditional method: perform a full backup,
change the links of the chunks to the new devices and the restore
the bull backup? (My last option, due to the size of the DB and the
time required)

Thanks in advance for your help !!!

Manuel A. Daponte Santiago
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Systems Consultant
GM Group