Rajesh,

Backups of Sql datafiles are not architectural dependant, so backups and
restores of databases and logs made with an x86 or x64 client will work on
either platform.

Ofcourse you cannot install an x64 client on an x86 machine :-)

Cheers,
Rick
On Jul 30, 2012 8:04 AM, "Lakshminarayanan, Rajesh" <
Rajesh.Lakshminarayanan AT dfs DOT com> wrote:

> Hi,
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>     I have a scenario where one of the SQL server(2005 SP2) got migrated
> to 64-bit version.  I want to know whether the tdp backup image(taken in
> 32-bit binary) can be restored in 64-bit sql server.
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>     My SQL dba has tested the native backup restore from 32-bit to
> 64-bit works fine.   I like to whether it is possible with TDP approach.
> Has anyone tried it before.
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> My TSM environment details:
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> TSM server ver:5.5.5.0 (platform AIX 6.1)
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> TSM client version : 5.5.2.10
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> TPD version : 5.5.0.0
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> Regards,
>
> Rajesh
>