Okay, another fun question for you Kurt, investigating some alternative lines
of simply migrating your current TSM server instance to new hardware: is the
disk upon which your current TSM database/recovery log/storage pool live
internal to your old server, or is it instead hosted upon external disk and
thus (potentially) relatively feasible to 'introduce' to your new hardware?
/DMc
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Kurt Buff
Sent: 12 October 2009 21:09
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Migration for Windows-based installation
So, what happens to all the tapes I have offsite at Iron Mountain, and
the archives I have stored in my basement vault, etc.
I'll be perusing the archives as you suggest, but this isn't exactly
crystalline to me just yet.
A complicating factor that I hadn't realized until I did a bit of
digging just now is that the current database holds references to a
*really* old set of 8mm (AIT2) tapes from a Spectralogic Treefrog that
we migrated from some years ago.
Would the procedure you're suggesting clean that up?
Kurt
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:10, Kelly Lipp <lipp AT storserver DOT com> wrote:
> Start from scratch. Install TSM at the level you would like, move and
> configure the library. Point the clients at the new server and go. That
> first backup will necessarily be a full. Will take longer than usual, but
> easy.
>
> This method allows you go "clean up" your database.
>
> Keep the old server around until the data expires.
>
> Clearly, there are more details, especially since you are going to re-use the
> library on the new STORServer (oops, I mean TSM Server). The overall concept
> is sound. For sites of your size I like this method as it is simple and gets
> me a brand new, pristine database. This will become important next year when
> you migrate to TSM 6.2. Besides, a clean start is always a good thing.
>
> This topic has been covered earlier and in much more detail. You might
> peruse the archives to see what you can find. My name will show up along
> with others like Wanda who have been through this many times.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Lipp
> Chief Technical Officer
> www.storserver.com
> 719-266-8777 x7105
> STORServer solves your data backup challenges.
> Once and for all.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Kurt Buff
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:02 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Migration for Windows-based installation
>
> I'd prefer to be able to migrate server data as much as possible,
> including the diskpool, but if it it would be an incredibly difficult
> maneuver (or take inordinate amounts of time, say on the order of more
> than a 4-day weekend) and/or the downside of losing the diskpool is
> relatively minor, I could potentially live without it.
>
> I would also contemplate keeping the current TSM server version on the
> new machine and upgrading immediately after implementation if that
> would be of benefit.
>
> We back up fewer than 10 servers, but one is our Exchange 2003 server
> at roughly 200gb and is a full backup every night, and the other is
> our file server at over 2tb, though on a nightly basis it normally
> does around 25-50gb.
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> Kurt
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:18, David McClelland <tsm AT networkc.co DOT uk>
> wrote:
>> Are you looking purely at a lift and shift hardware change here, or at a
>> clean installation of TSM Server (at 5.5.3 for example) and migrating
>> clients into the new instance?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> /David Mc
>> London, UK
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
>> Of Kurt Buff
>> Sent: 12 October 2009 18:54
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: [ADSM-L] Migration for Windows-based installation
>>
>> All,
>>
>> We have a TSM server that's running out of steam, and nearing the end
>> of its expected reliable life. We have Version 5, Release 3, Level 4.6
>> installed, with various levels of clients installed on our servers.
>> The server has 1gb RAM, roughly 2tb of disk storage, but it's old/slow
>> PATA, and the OS is Win2k Pro. Definitely not ideal.
>>
>> The tape robot is a Spectralogic T50, with two LTO3 drives and 25
>> slots, out of which we expect to get much more life.
>>
>> We expect to replace the server with a new Dell server with 3tb of
>> SATA disk, 3gb RAM, Win2k3 (32bit), and use the current tape robot.
>>
>> I'd like to get to the newest in the 5.x series on the new server,
>> since the talk on this list about moving to 6.x indicates to me that
>> we'd be better off staying at 5.x for now.
>>
>> I've been casting about, and can't seem to find documentation on how
>> to migrate the setup to the new machine.
>>
>> Does anyone have a pointer to good documentation on doing this?
>>
>> Frankly, we've been given a quote by a VAR, and though the number of
>> hours they are quoting seem reasonable, the price they're asking to
>> work with us on this is beyond our budget.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kurt
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