Thanks for the interesting read / links. I was hoping IBM had built in a
process to allow restoring directly into 6.3.4 from a 6.1 DB backup,
especially since they are discontinuing 6.1 next year.
So it doesn't matter which approach I take - it is going to be two phases,
other than if I do the restore to 6.1 on the new server, if I have issues
upgrading to 6.3.4, I can simply switch the old server back on and go back
- no harm - no foul.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:41 AM, white jeff <jeff.white3 AT blueyonder.co DOT
uk>wrote:
> Zoltan
>
> The levels of DB2 are different between v6.1 and v6.3 and addition table
> fields exist. I posted the very same question to the forum In May with some
> very interesting replies. Title was "TSM v6.1 to v6.3.3 Upgrade Question"
>
> May be worth a look. It included a link
>
> See technote 1586232 : Restore a Server v6 database between major Versions
> /
> Releaseshttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586232
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5 July 2013 15:48, Zoltan Forray <zforray AT vcu DOT edu> wrote:
>
> > Now that we are off our last 5.5 server, the next project is upgrading
> the
> > 6.1 server to 6.3.4.
> >
> > Since the hardware is getting long-in-the-tooth, we want to move it to a
> > new box as well.
> >
> > The book I found that has instruction on upgrading from V6.1 to V6.3+ has
> > some confusing instructions (basically doing all kinds of DB2
> queries/lists
> > and saving the info) but then just installing 6.3 using the wizard? I
> > especially love the nebulous statement "*Correct any database errors that
> > are detected during the installation process.*" and "*The wizard
> > automatically corrects some errors in the database during the upgrade to
> > V6.3 or later and DB2 V9.7. You might need to correct other errors
> > manually.
> > *"
> >
> > My question is, since I am moving to new hardware, can I simply install
> > 6.3.4 on the new server and restore from the DB backup of the 6.1 server
> or
> > do I still have to go through some kind of conversion/migration process
> due
> > to the different DB2 levels?
> >
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