All the replies look good so far as what I expected.

One item I did not mention is that there are groups
in the same account that are homed to another volume 
set that is staying "as is".  My guess is that I do
not have to worry about groups and data in the 
unaffected user volume sets.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors


>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Clogg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 2:11 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Replacing User Volumes
>
>
>Well, since the activities you describe will necessitate a 
>restore of the
>entire volume set(s), you can include the DIRECTORY option in your
>store/restore to address this concern.  In answer to your question, the
>entries in the system directory will remain intact, but any 
>effort to access
>those directories will fail until the volume set directories 
>are rebuilt.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Johnson, Tracy [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 10:52 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Replacing User Volumes
>
>
>Here's a scenario we're following this weekend:
>
>1) Remove disc drives on certain user volume sets.
>2) Replace them with larger disc drives.
>3) Add more drives.
>4) Mirror them.
>
>Are there any forseable problems that you can think of?
>
>One thought, what happens to the groups in the accounts
>after the drives are removed, but before new drives are
>configured back in?  Do I need to care?  Will the
>MPEXL_SYSTEM_VOLUME_SET care about the missing groups?
>
>Tracy Johnson
>MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
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