I am planning to do some upgrades using the "hybrid" method.
The V5.5 server will be shut down, the DB extracted, and the V5.5 server will 
be brought back up and clients will run backups while we load the DB into 6.2.

Then the V5.5 server will be disabled for client sessions, and an incremental 
export/import used to get the backup inventory in sync with 6.2, then clients 
will be cut over to the 6.2 server via a DNS change.

Here's the question:

The description of the "hybrid" method assumes that you will do the incremental 
export to media.  I'd rather use server-to-server.

I can't set up the server-to-server communication while the server names (the 
TSM server name, not the host name) are the same.  Any reason I can't get 
around that by doing a SET SERVERNAME V55SERVERNAME_OLD on the V55 server, once 
all client sessions are cancelled?  I know that causes havoc with Windows 
clients, but they should never be connecting to the old server again.

Any suggestions/anybody tried this?

Thanks
W



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