On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Johnn D. Tan wrote:

> We just went from TSM Server 4.1.3 to 5.1.1.6
> You do not need to stop at 4.2 along the way.
>
> Here's the conceptual overview of what we did -- obviously, tailor it
> for your environment:
>
> 1) stop TSM from doing anything (disable sessions, nomigrrecl, disablesched)
> 2) delete SYSTEM OBJECT (helps speed up cleanup backupgroups later on)
> 3) full db backup
> 4) stop TSM Server
> 5) copy dsmserv.opt, dsmserv.dsk, volhist, devconfig to a safe place
> 6) install new version from CD
> 7) patch to 5.1.1.6 (Tivoli website)
> 8) reboot
> 9) start TSM (again w/ disable sessions, nomigrrecl, disablesched)
> 10) cleanup backupgroups
> 13) restart TSM (sessions enabled, uncomment nomigrrecl/disablesched)
>
I did same steps and went fine.

> * "nomigrrecl" & "disablesched yes" should be put in the dsmserv.opt
>
> johnn
> p.s. We actually did one further step and deleted library and drive
> devices in both TSM as well as on AIX level. When redefining on TSM
> level, there is a new "define path" command that has to be done after
> each "define library" and "define drive" (which both change slightly
> in syntax too).
>
 Actually. the above is not necessary, the upgrade took care of
defining and reconfiguring the devices according to 5.1. I did not
have to delete or redefining anything.

>
> >Hi
> >I have TSM 4.1.4 running on AIX 4.3.3. I like to
> >upgrade TSM from my current level to 5.x.  Do I need
> >to upgrade it to 4.2 before I can go to 5.x?
> >Can anyone who has done the upgrade give me some
> >advices please?
> >
> >Thank you in advance.
> >
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