Hi John,
 
 You are actually doing two separate tasks.  Moving to a different machine and 
upgrading the software.  You have to do one before the other.  Depending on old 
OS and new OS, you may want to upgrade before or after the move.  
 
 The actual move is very similar to a DR exercise.  At a very high level:
 - install OS
 - install Soectrum Protect 
 - restore DB
 - swing storage from old to new server
 
 Marc...
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 On Oct 19, 2017, 7:19:13 AM, rakyr AT GMX DOT NET wrote:
 
 From: rakyr AT GMX DOT NET
 To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
 Cc: 
 Date: Oct 19, 2017, 7:19:13 AM
 Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6 to 7 Upgrade questions
 
 
   Hello,
  im planning to upgrade a clients TSM 6.3 server to TSM 7.1 on new hardware. 
However the documentation I found 
(https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.3/srv.install/t_srv_upgrade63_71.html)
 only provides a way to make an in-place upgrade. But I need to move to new 
hardware. Is there a way to extract the database and import it on the new 
system, like it was for TSM 5 to 6 upgrade? Can i use the v5 dsmupgrd utilities 
to extract the TSM 6 database to  Tape, and then TSM 7 dsmserv insertdb to 
import the database again?
  Best Regards,
  John