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Re: Migrateing TSM server

2004-01-23 09:41:27
Subject: Re: Migrateing TSM server
From: Richard van Denzel <RvanDenzel AT SLTNGROUP DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:40:19 +0100
Larry,

TSM 5.2.x.x will not work on AIX 4.3.3.

What I however recently have done is:   - put a new root disk into the
system (the TSM DB and LOG files are on other disks).
                                                - install AIX 5.2 ML2 and
TSM 5.2.2 on that disk
                                        - restore the dsmserv.dsk,
dsmserv.opt, volhist and devconfig files
                                        - run dsmserv upgradedb
                                        - hey presto it's running.

Met vriendelijke groet, with kind regards,

Richard van Denzel
Consultant
IBM CATE, TSM Certified Consultant
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Lawrence Clark <Larry_Clark AT THRUWAY.STATE.NY DOT US>
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23-01-2004 15:33
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        Subject:        Migrateing TSM server


We currently run TSM Server Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.1 on AIX
4.3.3.

We have a replacement server running AIX 5.1.0.0 that I was going to
install TSM 5.1 onto then migrate our existing server to that, then
upgrade to 5.2. However, when I did a trial install it appeared to
require a bos.rte below 5.1 and in the install directory I see:
tivoli.tsm.devices.aix4 3.rte.5.1.0.0.I

So...........is it possible to install TSM 5.1 on AIX 5.1? Are they the
same across versions?

Alternative: Can I upgrade the existing 5.1 server to 5.2 on AIX 4.3.3,
then go about migrateing a TSM 5.2 server on AIX 4.3.3 to a TSM 5.2
server running AIX 5.1?

Alternative 2: can I install TSM 5.2 on the new server and migrate the
config files from the TSM 5.1 server?. Are they equivalent across
releases?
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         1689 Jan 23 04:01 devconfig.info
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys          944 Jan 23 04:01 dsm.opt
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         1359 Jan 23 04:01 dsm.sys
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys          391 Jan 23 04:01 dsmserv.dsk
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys        17761 Jan 23 04:01 dsmserv.opt
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys         1253 Jan 23 04:01 inclexcl.list
drwxrwx---   2 root     system      1536 Jan 23 00:02 lost+found/
-rw-r--r--   1 root     sys        16989 Jan 23 04:01 volhistory.info

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