Using a second machine the source server and its database are unaltered during 
the upgrade/extract.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Lee, Gary
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:20 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] upgrae from 5.5.4 to 6.2.4

I want to do a couple of practice upgrades of our tsm server v5.5.4 to a 
different box running v6.2.4.

Reading the upgrade guide, I have to do the 

Dsmupgr prepared

Then a 

Dsmupgrd extractdb

I have not yet determined whether these will render the 5.5.4 server unusable?

Has anyone out there done this and if so, what should I expect?

Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310