Hi,

There seems to be a problem upgrading a Spectrum Protect server from 7.1.7.x to 
8.1.x, if 8.1.x was released earlier than 7.1.7.x.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT20210
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22002297

Delivery (Release) Dates:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli+Storage+Manager/page/TSM+Schedule+for+Fix-Packs


Giacomo Testa

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 20:11
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Upgrading Linux server from 7.1.7.300 to 8.1.1 - fail

Is there any reason I can't upgrade from 7.1.7.x to 8.1.1 using the Passport 
download package?  Do I have to go to 8.1.0 first?

I am working on a test server - RHEL7.  It was 7.1.7.000 - installed
7.1.7.300 - no problem.

Extracted the 8.1.1 package from Passport so it includes the license file but 
installing it as an "Update" fails trying to uninstall DB2, I think.
Been Googling anything on install/upgrade and there isn't anything special for 
me to do as far as I know/can find, other than *./install.sh -c*.
Don't have any issues with disk space or ulimits. The ever popular "if you have 
a failure - check these logs and fix the problem" is pretty useless.
This is all I can find:

ERROR: The deinstallation process cannot continue while there are DB2 instances 
related to the current DB2 copy. If you need to move up or down a level from 
this DB2 level, use the installFixPack command from the DB2 image for the level 
you desire to move to, which will update this copy. If you are only trying to 
uninstall this DB2 copy, you must either drop the related instance(s) 
"tsminst1" first, or you can update the instances to another DB2 copy which is 
at the same version as this DB2 copy, then restart the db2_deinstall command.

Preparing the system :.......Failure


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