Do you have any information on doing "server-to-server export"? Is there
a TSM name for it?

Thanks
Grant

On 24/08/12 09:31, Prather, Wanda wrote:

Better if you do that in reverse order, unless the clients are trivial in size.
If you let the client scheduled backup run, it will do a full, which for many 
clients can be painful.

If you get the export done first, all the existing data will be represented in 
the new server DB, and the client's scheduled backup to the new server will be 
incremental.

If there is a time lag between the time you do the first export and the time 
you get the clients dsm.opt file pointing to the new server, you can do an 
incremental export to catch up - add the FROMDATE=today-blah fromtime=xx:yy:zz 
to the EXPORT command.

Also IMHO it's easier to do what you suggest using server-to-server export than 
using media.  Then it's just one step.

Wanda

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Vandeventer, Harold [BS]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:19 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Export node to new server

My goal is to relocate all backup data  for a node currently on a TSM 5.5.2 
server to a TSM 6.2.4 server.

There are no archive or space managed data in the system.

First time I've had to try this, so looking to the experts for comment.

Looks like a fairly simple process:
Define the node on the target server with appropriate schedules, policy, etc.
Have the node manager modify the DSM.OPT file to specify the new server.
Let scheduled backups run.

On source TSM: EXPORT NODE<nodename>   FILEDATA=BACKUP DEVCLASS=<classname>

On target TSM: IMPORT NODE<nodename>  FILEDATA=BACKUP DEVCLASS=<classname>  
DATES=ABSOLUTE MERGEFILESPACES=YES VOL=<volnames>

An important parameter MERGEFILESPACES=YES to bring in the old data into the 
identical filespaces.


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Harold Vandeventer
Systems Programmer
State of Kansas - Office of Information Technology Services Harold.Vandeventer 
AT ks DOT gov
(785) 296-0631


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