Farren,

Farren Minns schrieb:

TSM 5.1.6.2 on Solaris 2.7 - moving to 5.2.7.0 on Solaris 2.9

One point is missing: you should first update the old server to TSM
5.1.10 and run a "cleanup backupgroups" before you go to version 5.2.x.
Theres a good PowerPoint presentation:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21214007&aid=1
Then you could a) upgrade the old server to 5.2.7 and do the migration,
or b) install TSM 5.1.10 on the new server, do the migration and upgrade
to 5.2.7. That's what I did (I went to 5.3.2). Our new server is much
faster than the old one. So I thought it was a better idea to let the
new server do the software upgrade.

1) Do I really need to delete and redefine the drives,libray,paths etc?

I didn't have to delete the drives etc. For restoring the db on the new
server you only need the library and one drive defined in your new TSM
server. After restoration (or before) you can define the other drives.

2) Do I really need to run the 'checkin libv' commands.

No. You also do not need to copy the dsmserv.dsk to the new server. This
could be confusing if you have different db and log volumes defined on
the new server. You will need the volume history file so that the
"dsmserv restore db" command will know what tapes to use. You can check
it with "dsmserv restore db todate=today preview=yes"

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Regards,

Dirk Kastens
Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center)
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