I have upgraded under AIX TSM 6.1.0 to 6.1.1 and than to 6.1.2 straight way 
(stop, upgrade, start) without any problems.
I am going to upgrade 6.1.2 to 6.1.2.1 tomorrow.

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Stefan 
Holzwarth [stefan.holzwarth AT ADAC DOT DE]
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:53 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Upgrade from 6.1.2 to 6.1.2.1

Just doing my first update of a tsm server with 6.1.2 on windows2008.
The ibm documentation is not clear about post steps after install
package.

Do I have to run the dsmupgdx.exe utility in my usagecase or not?

I tried to execute the utility local but it can not connect to the
server (file and print for this reason activated, no firewall).
So I decided to start the tsm instance without. Instance works, but does
not show a upgrade db done as in 5.x times.

Kind regards
Stefan Holzwarth

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