Re: [ADSM-L] Upgrade and Move to new TSM server

Looks like a pretty good plan. I have done this several times. Are you
sure that the mksysb from your old machine will port to your new one?
This does not necessarily work between different architecture machines.


Are you planning to do your mksysb on the old server after you shut down
TSM, and then restore it to the other server? That would be a step 0 in
your plan. The mksysb will have to contain up-to-date files from the TSM
server directory (dsmserv.dsk, devconfig, volhist, dsmserv.opt, DR plan
files, etc).  If you a planning to use a mksysb from a few days ago, you
will have to manually port over all those files in the TSM server
directory that have changed.

Before step 3, save the output of 'lsps' to a file, so when you go to do
your importvgs, you have the PVIDs you will need.

Best Regards,

John D. Schneider
Sr. System Administrator - Storage
Sisters of Mercy Health System
3637 South Geyer Road
St. Louis, MO.  63127
Email:  schnjd AT stlo.mercy DOT net
Office: 314-364-3150, Cell:  314-486-2359


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Daad Ali
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:03 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Upgrade and Move to new TSM server


Hello TSMers,
   
  I need to upgrade TSM from 5.2 to 5.4 and move to a new hardware and I
need your valued opinion and expertise.
   
  Little background:
  My TSM DB and Logs are on SAN disks.
   
   
  Here is what I am planning to do after shutting down TSM:
   
  1- Restore mksysb (using NIM) from old TSM server (servera) to New TSM
Server and name it serverb (AIX 5.3 TL5) 
   
  2- Flash Copy (thru SAN ofcourse) the Disks where TSM database and
logs are on servera  to disks assigned to serverb
   
  3- varyoff and export the volume groups assigned to disk storage pools
on servera. The storage pools should be empty. migrate first.
   
  4- import the volume groups on serverb
  5- shutdown servera and rename serverb to servera
     At this point I should have serverb look exactly like servera.
  6- Bring up TSM on the new servera
       TSM should come up  as 5.2 on new servera
  7- Upgrade TSM from 5.2 to 5.4 
   
 
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/index.jsp?topic=/
com.ibm.itsmfdt.doc/anrai5330.htm
   
   
  I am hoping I will be in good shape after that.
   
  Has anyone done this procedure before?
   
  Your help is greatly appreciated.
   
   
  thanks,
  Daad
     

       
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