Hi Wanda. I have done dsmserv removedb with both 6.1 and 6.2 server moves.
In the 6.3.3 Admin Guide, the instructions in the DRM chapter states that
you need to do a removedb after creating the instance so that you can do the
restore db.

In the Admin Reference book for 6.3.3, there is now a scary revision code in
the restore db section. It says that "Data cannot be stored on virtual
volumes" - several of my customers do a DBB to virtual volumes. A database
restore from virtual volumes has worked in the past. The most recent
database restore I did from virtual volumes was with 6.2.2 - could someone
from development also comment regarding this new restriction please.

Regards,

Joerg Pohlmann

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Subject: [ADSM-L] When to dsmserv removedb?

I have found multiple conflicting documents.

For TSM V6,
if you are going to do
dsmserv restore db,
under what circumstances should you do
dsmserv removed TSMDB1 first?

Specifically trying to figure if this is necessary when restoring TSM DB at
a DR site, i.e. to different hardware.



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