I looked at the 5.4 doc, and the

"You can only specify this parameter if you have specified the
  TOSERVER parameter."

line is not there. Weird.

Steve

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Conway, Timothy
<tim.conway AT jbsswift DOT com> wrote:
> What doc for import node says that?  Certainly not the server's own
> documentation.
> "
> MERGEfilespaces
>     Specifies whether Tivoli Storage Manager merges client files into
>     existing file spaces on the target server (if they exist), or if
> Tivoli
>     Storage Manager generates new file space names. The default is NO.
>
>     Valid values are:
>     Yes
>          Specifies that imported data on the target server is merged
> with
>          the existing file space, if a file space with the same name
>          already exists on the target server.
>     No
>          Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager generates a new file
> space
>          name for imported data on the target server if file spaces
> with
>          the same name already exist.
> "
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Steve Stackwick
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:27 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] mergefilespaces and import
>
> The doc for IMPORT NODE claims that MERGEFILESPACES cannot be used
> unless you're doing a server2server import. This seemed to be a distinct
> bummer for me, so I decided the doc was wrong and to try it anyway using
> a media EXPORT and IMPORT. No complaints, it seemed like it merged the
> filespaces OK. Is the doc wrong, or am I crazy, and when did this
> change?
>
> Linux TSM server, version 5.5.0
>
> without MERGEFILESPACES:
>
> 09/24/2008 15:16:35  ANR0636I IMPORT NODE: Processing file space /boot
> for node
>                      ERASERHEAD as file space /boo1. (PROCESS: 42)
>
> the existing filespace /boot is renamed as I expected.
>
> with MERGEFILESPACES (not supposed to work):
>
> 09/24/2008 15:18:51  ANR2017I Administrator ERASERHEAD issued command:
> IMPORT
>                      NODE eraserhead filedata=all
>                      volume=/opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/22283276.EXP
>                      devclass=FILE mergefilespaces=yes
>
> 09/24/2008 15:18:51  ANR0636I IMPORT NODE: Processing file space /boot
> for node
>                      ERASERHEAD as file space /boot. (PROCESS: 44)
>
> No rename! This I like, but I'm a little nervous.
>
> --
> Stephen Stackwick
> Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc.
> 401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214
> Baltimore, MD 21202-3003
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> sstackwick AT jasi DOT com
>



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