Yes they are clients to each other. My MOON server is the LM for all
onsite/primary tape storage for all TSM servers, including SUN, which is
the LM for ALL offsite tape storage for all TSM servers, including MOON.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 1:42 AM, Steven Harris <steven.j.harris.57 AT gmail DOT
com
> wrote:
> Not necessarily Zoltan
>
> Do your two Library managers clients to each other? If so then yes, you
> have to upgrade both at once. However if they do not then you can do each
> separately.
>
> I have a similar setup, but the two LMs offsite each other's database
> backups using server-to-server rather than remotely mounted tapes. Since
> they are LMs-only the databases are quite small.
>
> By using server-to-server I get around the mutual dependency.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
>
> Steven Harris
> TSM Subject Matter Expert,
> Canberra Australia
>
> Looking for work, contract, permanent, or consulting
> Steve at stevenharris dot info
>
> On 20 September 2016 at 22:24, Zoltan Forray <zforray AT vcu DOT edu> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for confirming what I thought. Actually, that is our
> configuration.
> > 1-TSM server is the LM for offsite tapes and the other LM server is for
> > onsite/primary tapes. All TSM servers talk to all LM servers. So, as I
> > figured, I will have to upgrade both LM servers at the same time.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Roger Deschner <rogerd AT uic DOT edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > My understanding is you can do almost any combination of versions as
> > > long as the Library Manager servers are always at an equal or higher
> > > release than their Library Client servers. You should be able to
> upgrade
> > > the Library Managers one at a time, unless they are clients of one
> > > another, which I'm not sure is possible.
> > >
> > > It gets trickier when you have multiple TSM servers on a single OS
> > > image, one of which is a Library Manager. This is my configuration. (It
> > > seemed like a good idea at the time...)
> > >
> > > Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago
> rogerd AT uic DOT edu
> > > ======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape
> somewhere.=====
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, Zoltan Forray wrote:
> > >
> > > >Just a few questions to confirm my upgrade process.
> > > >
> > > >I have 6-RH Linux TSM servers. All are at 6.3.5.100. 2-of these
> > servers
> > > >are Library Managers for my TS3500.
> > > >
> > > >>From what I understand, I will have to upgrade BOTH LM servers to
> > 7.1.3.x
> > > >(and then jump to 7.1.6.1) at the same time BEFORE I can upgrade the
> > rest
> > > >of the servers/Library Clients to 7.1.6.1.
> > > >
> > > >Since this is a big jump and I am having lots of problems with
> > replication
> > > >(most of which are addressed in 6.3.6), I am going to upgrade to 6.3.6
> > > >first and then do the 7.1 upgrades at a later date.
> > > >
> > > >Anything else I should be concerned with or do differently?
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >*Zoltan Forray*
> > > >TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> > > >Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > > >VMware Administrator (in training)
> > > >Virginia Commonwealth University
> > > >UCC/Office of Technology Services
> > > >www.ucc.vcu.edu
> > > >zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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> >
> >
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--
*Zoltan Forray*
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Xymon Monitor Administrator
VMware Administrator (in training)
Virginia Commonwealth University
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