To recap your problem:
 Previous configuration: AIX 5.1, TSM 4.2.X (or maybe 4.3.X)
 Desired configuration: AIX 5.1, TSM 5.1.X

Personally I'd concentrate on getting TSM working at the version that was
previously installed (any old lslpp output files anywhere?).
It's always gone pretty badly when I've tried to upgrade something I wasn't
sure was working ok. So try and get TSM installed at the previous level
first, get it working and then upgrade it to 5.1.X.

If you really want to try your luck I vaguely remember an old "dsmserv
upgrade db" command which I had to run manually once.

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg186256c3e005f1adc86256c8b001
bfd01
It's not documented in 5.1 and may not even exist. I wouldn't even consider
it without a recent dbbackup handy either...

Good luck!

Douglas Raxworthy, UNIX Administrator, Smorgon Steel Limited
mailto:draxwort AT smorgonsteel.com DOT au

> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Hagopian [SMTP:GHagopian AT ICTGROUP DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 2:40 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Lost a TSM server...need to reinstall TSM wondering if I can
> inst all...
>
> Greetings all!!
>
> This aix box has been backed up in a funky way...just an app was backed up
> via TSM none of the OS stuff
> Ok here's the scoop. I lost the rootvg and the image backups are worth
> nothing. Good side is the TSM database was not touched.
> The version server I had was 4.3.0 or 4.2.0 (can't remember). I'd like to
> install TSM 5 on this box (AIX 5.1) but will it see the database ok, even
> though it is not an upgrade to 5.1?
>
> Thanks...I hope I didn't confuse everyone too much today
> George Hagopian