I have done both ways. Put up a 6.1 server new and all new TSM requests
went there. Then came new 6.2 servers and migrated off some 5.5 servers via
exports.

Most recently was rebuilding one of the old empty 5.5 machines with more
memory and latest RedHat, restored 5.5 server DB to it, installed 6.3 and
upgraded.

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Zoltan Forray
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Virginia Commonwealth University
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 On Dec 23, 2012 1:04 PM, "Skylar Thompson" <skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu>
wrote:

> Me too. When we went from v5->v6 we ended up going with a new system
> and migrating backups gradually using EXPORT NODE to avoid the lengthy
> database migration. I'd be curious to know if we really did save a lot
> of time, since our databases were about the size of yours.
>
> On 12/23/2012 12:53 AM, Steven Langdale wrote:
> > Not me Roger, but good luck too you and I hope it goes well!
> >
> > Keep us informed how you are getting on, I'd be interested in how
> > long it takes.
> >
> > All the best, Steven. On Dec 23, 2012 4:16 AM, "Roger Deschner"
> > <rogerd AT uic DOT edu> wrote:
> >
> >> Anybody else out there spending the holiday upgrading a TSM V5
> >> server to TSM V6? The one I'm doing has a 150GB database, and I'm
> >> using the "media method", so it's going to take a while. It's
> >> going from V5.5.1.0 to V6.2.3.0, on AIX 5.3. This was the only
> >> time I could get permission to bring this server down for several
> >> days.
> >>
> >> No huge problems yet; just wondering how many others out there
> >> are doing the same thing right now?
> >>
> >> Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago
> >> rogerd AT uic DOT edu ===== While it may be true that a watched pot
> >> never boils, the one ===== ==== you don't keep an eye on can make
> >> an awful mess of your stove. ==== ========================= --
> >> Edward Stevenson ==========================
> >>
>
>
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>