Fred,
According to the table at:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21302789
the TSM library master could be at 6.1, and the storage agent left
behind at 5.5 or even 5.4.
You are remembering outdated information, I think. So this should
simplify your plans.
This was very good news for us, too. We have one library master that
serves 9 other TSM servers, plus 5 Lan-free agents. The thought of
having to upgrade ALL of them on the same day was daunting indeed. But
thankfully, we can do them in groups. Because we have as many as 4
instances on one server, we will be forced by the upgrade requirements
to upgrade all of those on the same day. At least, I think that is
true. When I upgraded a test server from 5.4 to 6.1 a couple weeks ago,
I was told to uninstall 5.4 before installing 6.1, and that they could
not exist on the same server. Am I understanding this correctly?
Best Regards,
John D. Schneider
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ADSM-L] 5.5 -> 6.2
From: Fred Johanson <Fred AT UCHICAGO DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, March 04, 2010 4:18 pm
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
We are making plans for the upgrade from 5.5 -> 6.2 this Spring. One, of
many, thing that's causing much headscratching is consistency.
I know that the Library Manager must be first. Since it has no clients,
no problems with the conversion. However, the LAN-FREE storage agents,
which must be at the same level as the LM, are all on our largest
instance, which I'd prefer to leave till last in the conversion
schedule. We think that the client level for those machines must also be
at the same level as the LM. Also on that instance are the datamovers
using NDMP. We're not sure if those must also be at the same level as
the LM. We think the approach should be : 1. Upgrade the LM, 2. Upgrade
the necessary agents and clients, and 3. Tackle a less complicated
instance to convert completely.
Are we thinking in the right track here? All thoughts appreciated.
Another unanswered question is whether we can do the conversion directly
into 6.2, or do we have to go 6.1.0 -> 6.2? If the latter, will we have
to pass quickly thru 6.1.2? I hope this will be addressed in the
documentation, whenever that becomes available.
Fred Johanson
TSM Administrator
University of Chicago
773-702-8464
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