Is moving/upgrading Windows Server a Possibility

[jneetz]

Not looking for great details ( I can plan later )

However we are on TSM Spectrum Protest 08.01.0600 on Windows 2012 R2 Server, about 25GB Storage or more on multiple network attached drives. Working with CMOD ( Content Manager OnDemand )

Need to upgrade to Windows Server 2019/2022 not sure which one yet
I understand snapshot backups will not work with Windows 2012 to 2019/2022

First: Is it even possible ( or make sense ) to setup a new Install on 2019/2022 server
Backup / Restore TSM Database
Somehow attach matching storage drive

Or would it be easier and less risky to ...
Snapshot to 2016 .... Then Snapshot that to 2019/2022

Any tidbits would help

Last time we did this was from UNIX to WINDOWS and was almost a year long process
if Exporting and Importing millions of records from CMOD OnDemand

Thanks
John

 

[Trident]

Hi,
Many ways to the target.

My choice:
1. Upgrade the current system as high as you can. I believe that 8.1.19 is supported on 2012 (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7009191)

On the new system, install the same version as in 1.
Backup db on old, restore on new system

Re-concect external drives

Happy patching

 

[jneetz]

Thanks,

I believe that will probably be our course of action. Read the same method elsewhere and should get us a good clean system.

John