Jack, and others on the list -
The Solaris and AIX versions of NetView are quite similar thanks to
underlying basic similarities between the two UNIX operating systems. I
know of no theoretical reason why you could use a Solaris backup to
perform an upgrade install on AIX, but so far as I know it has not been
tested. Our Verification teams test migrations within the same platform
, and client server connections in a mixed one, but not the scenario you
have described.
Perhaps other users have tried and can tell you whether or not they have
succeeded. I don't know whether there are hidden problems here or not. I
cannot think of any.
James Shanks
Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
----- Forwarded by James Shanks/Raleigh/IBM on 01/15/2003 09:29 AM -----
"Kenney, Jack" <jkenney AT jhancock DOT com>
01/14/2003 11:52 AM
To: "Kenney, Jack" <jkenney AT jhancock DOT com>, James
Shanks/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
cc: "Lemire, Mark" <mlemire AT jhancock DOT com>, "Hughes, Tom P."
<thughes AT jhancock DOT com>
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Migrating Netview Files
James,
Forgive my ignorance but we have no experience in this area.
Will the same procedure work when migrating from a Solaris 2.6 server to
AIX
5.1 or 5.2?
Thanks again.
jtk
-----Original Message-----
From: Kenney, Jack
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:48 AM
To: 'James Shanks'
Cc: Lemire, Mark
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Migrating Netview Files
Thanks, James.
I like the direct approach. Framework ... BAH!
I'm testing this method on a staging server as we speak.
jtk
-----Original Message-----
From: James Shanks [mailto:jshanks AT us.ibm DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:29 AM
To: nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Migrating Netview Files
The standard way to do this is to use the built-in NetView facilities.
Basically it is the same procedure discussed here many times before to
clone a NetView.
First you use serversetup Migrate to make a back-up of your databases and
customized config files.
This creates a complete directory structure, /usr/OV.back.v6r1
Then you tar up that entire directory structure and ftp it to your new
box.
Then you install NetView on the new box using the "upgrade" path.
As long as you specify upgrade, the installation scripts will look for
that
directory structure and merge its contents as part of the install,
preserving your customizations.
You can do this right now with NetView Version 6, too, and clone your
current set up, or you can use the opportunity to upgrade to NetView 7.1
since 6.0.3 is already out of support. If you do Version 6, then you will
have to install Framework on the NetView box first. With NetView Version
7.1, the Framework is no longer required and if you don't need it for
something else, then you need not install it.
James Shanks
Level 3 Support for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
"Kenney, Jack"
<jkenney@jhancock To:
nv-l AT lists.tivoli DOT com
.com> cc: "Lemire, Mark"
<mlemire AT jhancock DOT com>, "Hughes, Tom
P." <thughes AT jhancock DOT
com>
01/08/03 07:47 AM Subject: [nv-l] Migrating
Netview Files
Looking for any and all advice or caveats relative to the following
scenario:
We have a HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED Netview 6.0.3 installation on a Solaris 2.6
box
which we want to migrate to a Solaris 8 box so that we can get up to
7.1.3.
Our UNIX support people are EXTREMELY reluctant to upgrade the current 2.6
box to 2.8 because in their words, 'it almost never works'. And I think
they're right. They would want us to scratch and install Solaris 8 on the
current box and then rebuild our NV environment from the ground up.
Something WE don't want to do.
Is this as simple as porting the /opt/OV stuff from the old box to the new
box and then running a v6.x install on the new box? If not, I am open to
all suggestions.
Thanks.
Jack Kenney, MCP+I, MCSE
Consultant
ISS/VST/Enterprise Management Tools
Phone: (617) 572-1031
Email: jkenney AT jhancock DOT com
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