I think we have it right - the upgrade utilities are installed on the v5 
server as you say.

>    lpar A - tsm v5 db (source)
      upgrade utilities installed

>    lpar B - tsm v6 system (destination)
      new v6 server
      running dsmupgdx
        successfully finds dsmserv.opt/dsmserv.dsk on lpar A
        but throws the error below

We have RSH setup between the two lpars for the communications.
This seems to work since dsmupgdx sees dsmserv.opt/dsmserv.dsk of the v5 
tsm instance.

Will be opening a case with IBM shortly.

Thanks

Rick





From:   Michael Prix <mp AT RS6000.DARKTECH DOT ORG>
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date:   09/11/2013 04:13 PM
Subject:        Re: help - tsm vg upgrade test
Sent by:        "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>



Richard,

dsmupgrd is on the wrong LPAR.
The upgrade tools must be installed on the LPAR which has the v5 DB, not 
on the LPAR hosting the v6

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / kind regards

Michael Prix

On 09/11/2013 08:59 PM, Richard Rhodes wrote:
> We are trying a first test of the tsm v6 upgrade procedure for a v5 tsm
> server.
> We are trying the network method.  We restored the tsm v5 db to a test
> system
> and setup a tsm v6 install on a different test system.
>
>    lpar A - tsm v5 db (source)
>    lpar B - tsm v6 system (destination)
>
> On lpar B we are running the gui upgrade wizard dsmupgdx.
> Following the prompts we enter what it wants:
>    server for the tsm v5 db, userid, pwd
>    begin new upgrade
>    phase = "prepare the db for the upgrade"
>    location of dsmserv.dsk and dsmserv.opt
>    gives a list of tsm v5 db and log volumes - it's correct
>    Then . . . get this ERROR:
>       Beginning database preparation...
>       sh[129]: /usr/tivoli/tsm/upgrade/bin/dsmupgrd:  not found.
>       Preparation completed with return code 499
>
> It can't find /usr/tivoli/tsm/upgrade/bin/dsmupgrd, which exists:
>    <lparB>:/home/root==>ls -ld /usr/tivoli/tsm/upgrade/bin/dsmupgrd
>    -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     system     21221457 Oct 24 2011
> /usr/tivoli/tsm/upgrade/bin/dsmupgrd
>
> The utility is communicating with the tsm v5 system just fine - it
> found the dsmserv.dsk/dsmserv.opt.  The dsmupgrd is there.
>
> Any thoughts on what we are doing wrong?
>
> Rick
>
>
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