Clearly, this is not exactly the case;  LAN-free data is written to tape in a 
format that *any* hosting TSM server can read/restore/migrate/etc.  It's the 
DATABASE data (and metadata) that is stored in formats consistent with the 
hosting TSM server's OS-platform --- one issue has been the 
bigindian-littleindian issue, mostly (though there are some other issues, too 
-- such as LBA's and other such OS-filesystem-dependent things).  There were 
rumors that some x86-based OS's might be able to handle "some" items in a 
x-platform kinda way, but it's not been reported the degree of success.

-Don


 -------------- Original message from Paul Zarnowski <psz1 AT CORNELL DOT EDU>: 
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> Tapes are written in different formats on different platforms, so the
> answer to your question is "no".  You would have to export all of the data
> from Windows and import to AIX, not just the database.
> 
> No, I'm not from development, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last
> night!
> 
> ..Paul
> 
> At 05:41 PM 3/11/2009, Joerg Pohlmann wrote:
> >Could someone from development please comment - since the database for TSM
> >6.1 is DB2, can I move from a TSM server on for example, Windows to a TSM
> >server on for example, AIX by restoring the database and then updating any
> >tape device names in the path definitions?
> >
> >Joerg Pohlmann
> >250-245-9863
> 
> 
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