We're planning on doing the same move from NT to AIX and were told by IBM
that the ADSM DB is not portable to a different OS.  They recommend using
export and import, but that would be a very long process.  We plan to start
fresh at this point and hold onto our old tapes (DLT, STK9710) until they
expire.

Any ideas and help would be greatly appreciated as this is a pretty major
job that we also thought would be a no-brainer.

James Louie
Nabisco

> On Wednesday, January 13, 1999 5:08 AM, GSHEPPAR@CUUKMAIL
> [mailto:guy_sheppard AT UK.CU DOT COM] wrote:
>
> To:         I1017261@IBMMAIL   IBMMAIL -I1017261 *ibmmail.I1017261
> Dear All,
>
> Hopefully, some quick questions.
>
> We maybe converting our ADSM NT server to an ADSM AIX
> platform, and then our
> STK9730 to MagStar 3575: Clients are all AIX.
>
> 1) Can I simply restore the ADSM database backup from the NT
> server to the new
> AIX ADSM server?
>
> 2) Will all the data tapes be readable by the AIX system with
> the STK9730
> attached?
>
> 3) Will the data be restoreable from the new ADSM server
> running on AIX?
>
> 4) If I then decide to change from STK9730(DLT) to MagStar
> 3575(3570). Can I
> simply move the data to new pools on the MagStar?
>
> Sounds as though it should be simple........but is it?
>
> Thanks Guy.
>