IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

FMV2117E

Source volume is of subtype dev-type and destination is of subtype dev-type. Destination must be larger than source.

Explanation

Logical volumes from scalable volume groups (subtype DS_LVZ) do not contain an LVCB. That is, the very first block contains user data. AIX® LVM volumes from original volume groups (subtype LVM) contain a Logical Volume Control Block (LVCB) on the first block (512 bytes) of the volume. When restoring to a volume of subtype LVM, the first block must be skipped in order to preserve the existing LVCB of the destination volume. That is, the restore operation begins writing at the second block of the volume. This means that given two volumes of identical size, one of subtype DS_LVZ and the other is of subtype LVM, the latter has one less 512-byte block in which to store user data. Thus when you restore a volume of subtype DS_LVZ to a volume of subtype LVM, it is not sufficient for the destination volume to be the same size as the source volume. Instead, the destination volume must be at least one 512-block larger than the source volume.

System action

The restore operation is not performed.

User response

Make sure that both source and destination logical volumes are of the same type, or choose a larger destination volume, or increase the size of the destination volume.



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