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Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1 upgrade path(s) on Windows

2014-04-03 16:20:10
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 7.1 upgrade path(s) on Windows
From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 22:18:13 +0200
Op 3 apr. 2014, om 19:40 heeft Francisco Parrilla <francisco.parrilla AT GMAIL 
DOT COM> het volgende geschreven:

> Certainly I never did , I hope do on few time.
> 
> To do backup database, check this command
> 
> set dbrecovery
> 
> Check out this document:
> 
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6/topic/com.ibm.itsm.srv.upgrd.doc/b_srv_upgrade_guide.pdf
> 
> 

that is 5.x to 6.x. On 6 or 7 you must upgrade in-place, you cannot just 
restore a 6.x db on a 7.x server (or maybe you can, but it’s not supported).

> 
> 
> 2014-04-03 10:55 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ryder AT roche DOT 
> com>:
> 
>> Francisco, I'm sorry for this naive question, but do you have a document
>> you can point me at?  I did not want to have to connect a tape library
>> right from the start, but maybe that's the only option?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Mike, x7942
>> RMD IT Client Services
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Francisco Parrilla <
>> francisco.parrilla AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>> 
>>> It's more easy install TSM V7.1 in new TSMserver , and then make the
>>> upgrade by the upgrading using tape.
>>> 
>>> You  will never touch the TSM server V6.x to do it, make a dbbackup to
>>> disk, copy files and then try to do the upgrade to TSM 7.x
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2014-04-03 10:24 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ryder AT roche DOT 
>>> com>:
>>> 
>>>> Hello Folks:
>>>> 
>>>> I'm preparing to upgrade our TSM 6.2.3 server to TSM 7.1 -- both are on
>>>> Windows.
>>>> 
>>>> It's a side-by-side upgrade, and if possible I'd like to leave the
>>> existing
>>>> TSM 6.2.3 environment alone during the upgrade, so that I can easily
>> halt
>>>> the upgrade if I run into any problems.
>>>> 
>>>> I've been searching TSM documentation and the Internet for a few days
>> now
>>>> and can't find anything reliable -- is there an upgrade path I can take
>>> to
>>>> let me do that?  I was hoping for something like... this -- copy
>> database
>>>> files and configuration to brand new server... install 6.2.3, and then
>>> 7.1
>>>> over it.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any documentation in this respect, best practices or good
>>>> community experiences?  Please relate to me anything you can share!
>>>> 
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Mike Ryder
>>>> RMD IT Client Services
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 

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