AIX 4.3.3 is listed in IBM's Product Manual on IBMLink as going out of
service on December 31, 2003.

I would certainly say that you are increasing your chances for problems
by upgrading two things at once. It is so much simpler to diagnose
problems if you only upgrade one at a time - do TSM separately from AIX.

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT edu



On Sat, 13 Jul 2002, Rupp Thomas (Illwerke) wrote:

>We upgraded our NSM (3466-C00) just a week ago from AIX 4.3.3 and TSM
>4.1.2.5 to
>AIX 5.1 and TSM 4.2.1.9.
>Wehad two problems with the upgrade:
>1) The definition of our second network adapter (ATM 155) was lost
>2) The library and tape definitions were lost. So the "next storage pool"
>definitions
>in our disk storage pool were lost as well and had to be reconfigured.
>
>So, backup all TSM and AIX definitions and your upgrade will run fine.
>
>Kind regards
>Thomas Rupp
>Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
>MAIL:   thomas.rupp AT illwerke DOT at
>TEL:    ++43/5574/4991-251
>FAX:    ++43/5574/4991-820-8251
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM]
>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:04 PM
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: AIX Upgrade with TSM
>>
>>
>> Is anyone out there running AIX5L with TSM V4.2 or V5 that has simply
>> upgraded from AIX 4.3.3 with TSM already up and running in either a test
>> or
>> production environment? I have an H50 with AIX4.3.3 and TSM 4.2.1.9 in a
>> test environment and am willing to scrub it if something goes wrong, I've
>> got a mksysb tape handy. I'd like to make sure that if and when 4.3.3 goes
>> out of service I have a concrete plan to upgrade production knowing what I
>> might run into or better yet have a plan that works without worrying about
>> a
>> failure..(I know, I know, nothing's 100% foolproof).
>>
>> I'm wondering if there are any "gotchas" I need to look at. Are there any
>> specific steps I need to take before starting, and during installation,
>> like
>> stopping the TSM server first?
>>
>> If this seems to be off topic feel free to contact me directly.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Geoff Gill
>> TSM Administrator
>> NT Systems Support Engineer
>> SAIC
>> E-Mail:    <mailto:gillg AT saic DOT com> gillg AT saic DOT com
>> Phone:  (858) 826-4062
>> Pager:   (877) 905-7154
>
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