Does anybody if it is possible to convert raw logical volumes to jfs2? If so how is it done or where can I find the information to make the conversion. We have an Oracle Db on AIX and it is using raw lv's which we want to convert to jfs2 because the raw devices don't restore correctly from our sysback backup.

Is there an easy way to convert Oracle raw logical volumes on AIX to jfs2?

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Hi,

there is no conversion from raw to jfs2 because jfs2 is basically a rawdevice with a filesystem in it - you have data in your rawdevices - and there's no space for both

Oracle recommends following way using rman:

Use RMAN to move datafiles from raw devices to file system.

1. Connect to the database:

$ sqlplus system/manager@orcl

SQL> alter tablespace test_ts offline;

$ rman nocatalog target rman/rman@orcl

RMAN> run { 
2> allocate channel c1 type disk; 
3> copy datafile '/dev/raw1' to '/u01/oradata/orcl/test_ts.dbf'; 
4> }

SQL> alter database rename file '/dev/raw1' to '/u01/oradata/orcl/test_ts.
dbf';

SQL> alter tablespace test_ts online;