Well, the short answer is that IBM doesn't support moving a TSM data base to
a different platform.

My guess is that it has to do with the differences in the filesystems, don't
know.

What you are describing will work fine if you are going from AIX to AIX, or
Solaris to Solaris.

And regarding DR, I don't know anybody who expects to use different
platforms at their DR site...



-----Original Message-----
From: Leonard Lauria [mailto:Leonard AT UKY DOT EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:23 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: moving TSM to another server


I know this is in the FAQ, I read the FAQ, I don't
like the answer.  :)

Even if I let the backups slowly expire on the old
system, and do new ones to the new server...which
will be extremely difficult due to the number of
tape drives I have...I still have 15 TBs of HSM data
on a single node that must be moved.  Is the only way
to do this export/inport?

Why can't the database be dumped and loaded on a new
server?  Isn't that what happens for DR?  Why can't
I just pretend I am doing a DR to my new server and
leave the data there?  This must be a stupid idea
since it is not in the FAQ, but I don't see why at
the moment.

I am changing the type of platform....moving from
a Solaris system to a AIX system.

Thanks for any insights into this!

leonard