It might be less expensive to keep the MVS server dormant for a week or two
while you have your ADSM clients do new, fresh backups to the AIX version.
Just make sure every client is notified to perform a backup to the AIX
version as soon as possible. When every one has backed up to your version
limit, and you've checked on each Archive (do an Export/Import on each entry
the users still need), then you can scratch your MVS server and all its
tapes.
Bob Siska
National Computer Systems
Iowa City IA
Bob_Siska AT ncs DOT com
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From: owner-adsm-l
To: ADSM-L
Subject: Re: CHANGE from ADSM-VM, ADSM-MVS to ADSM-AIX
Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 7:04AM

Manfred,
        You'll need to use the EXPORT/IMPORT utilities to do this.  AIX has
no
problem reading a 3490 tape created with the ADSM export utility on MVS
(don't know about VM although I imagine that would work fine also).
Unfortunately, you can't just take an ADSM db backup from MVS and
restore it to AIX.

Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com
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>From:  Buchmann[SMTP:Manfred.Buchmann AT KONSTANZ.NETSURF DOT DE]
>Sent:  Thursday, May 01, 1997 5:12 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       CHANGE from ADSM-VM, ADSM-MVS to ADSM-AIX
>
>Hallo
>
>Have someone changed his ADSM-Server from MVS or VM wit 3490 Tapes to ADSM
on
>AIX with 3490 Tapes.
>
>Must I copy all the tapes or can I read the tapes from MVS or VM ?
>
>Thank You
>
>Manfred
>