With my upgrades I never did test the theory, but I think the directory you 
specify must be empty.  You might try something like this:
/tsmdb/v6 instead of /tsmdb
Again this is a theory I did not test, but somewhere I saw an example of the DB 
location that was not on the root of the file system.

Please post if this works, I am sure others would be interested.

Andy Huebner

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Dury, John C.
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 11:06 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM Server Upgrade from 5.5.5.2 to 6.3.2

I am planning on upgrading our TSM server from v5.5.5.2 to v6.3.2 this weekend. 
I have checked and all of the prerequisites are in place and I think I am 
ready. My only question is, we currently have the v5 database in several  
directories that have several .DSM files in them but also have lots of free 
space in them, more than enough to house the V6 DB even if it doubles in size. 
. According to the upgrade manual, the new directories for the v6 server must 
be empty but I was hoping to be able to use the same directories where the 
current v5 database files live since they have more than enough space and then 
I would eventually delete the old DSM files from the v5 database once the 
upgrade is complete.
When I go to do the upgrade/migration, will it let me use the same directories 
even though they have one or two files in them already? I realize it might slow 
the process down but I am limited on SAN space right now.

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