Farren Minns said:
> Hi TSMers
>
> Next week I am going to upgrade our 4.2.2.12 TSM installation (running
> on Solaris 2.7) to 5.1.6.2 (as I believe this is a good stable release
> to go to).
>
> Now, I understand that I'll have to uninstall the 4.2.2.12 install
> before installing 5.1.0.0. I then thought that the 5.1.6.2 patch would
> just install over the top, but from looking at the readme, it seems that
> I have to uninstall 5.1.0.0 first, and then install 5.1.6.2. Is this
> correct?
>

This is only true for windows servers, I think that on solaris, just like
on AIX, you can just upgrade the TSM server (pkgadd will then remove the
old version of the software for you in the preinstall script, but I think
it is a bit safer.)

> Also, do the steps 4.2.2.12 > 5.1.0.0 > 5.1.6.2 sound correct or are
> there other steps I should go to in between (or should I be aiming
> higher than 5.1.6.2)? I know that 5.2 is out of the question until I
> upgrade the server from Solaris 2.7 to 2.8, so that's a no no for now.
>

from 4.2.2.12 you go to 5.1.0.0, then 5.1.5.0 and then directly on to 5.1.6.2

> I am also wondering if there are any people out there who know of any
> specific patches that will be required to run 5.1 on Solaris 2.7. If so,
> then I'd be very happy to know before doing the upgrade as sadly I don't
> have another machine to test it on.
>
> Anyway, any help very much appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Farren Minns - John Wiley & Sons Ltd
>

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