I figured as much, export/import is not blazingly fast, so, 2020 is
probably a pretty good estimate.

Why?  IBM charges about 3 times more in maintenance costs than SUN  (at
similar performance points)

Thanks for the insights.

Bill

On 6 nov 2008, at 22:04, Evans, Bill wrote:

> Hello,
>
> TSM Server 5.5.0.3 running on AIX 5.3 ML6, clients are a mixed lot as
> usual.
>
> We are going to migrate this to a SUN Solaris Server, Solaris 5.10.
>

why? probably too late, but really, stick with AIX. I'd say this is
one of the least used platforms for TSM and probably less stable than
even windows ;-) You must have very strong reasons to go to solaris,
because you are in for a huge amount of work. Going to another
platform is not easy, nor is it quick.

> Primary client is solaris, ~80TB active data, ~300TB of inactive/
> archive
> data.
>

export/import is the only way (or just starting over with an empty
database). Good luck, speak to you in 2020 or so when you're done (or
gave up) ;-) server to server exports are only possible if the target
server is at at least the same level as the source.

>
> Can anyone point me to a Redbook or the section in the Admin Guide to
> help me understand what I am going to have to do?  So far, the Admin
> Guide explains migrating, but, only to another system with the same
> O/S.
>

look over here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.its
maixn.doc/anragd55681.htm#exim

>
> Thank you,
> Bill Evans
> Research Computing Support
> FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER

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