Thank you, thats what I needed to know.

Best Regards,
John

> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Oktober 2017 um 12:56 Uhr
> Von: "Marc Lanteigne" <marclanteigne AT CA.IBM DOT COM>
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6 to 7 Upgrade questions
>
> Just to clarify this statement: “Depending on old OS and new OS, you may want 
> to upgrade before or after the move.”
> 
>  
> 
> You will want to move from v6 to v6, then upgrade to v7
> 
> Or upgrade to v7, and move from v7.
> 
>  
> 
> I have seen cases where the new OS didn’t support v6, so they upgrade on the 
> old machine to v7 first, then migrate to a new machine running V7.  Also seen 
> cases where the old OS didn’t support v7, so move from v6 to v6 on the new 
> machine, then upgrade to v7.
> 
>  
> 
> Because the upgrade and the move are two separate tasks, they don’t need to 
> happen at the same time.  The order will depend on the environment.
> 
>  
> 
> -
> 
> Thanks,
> Marc...
> 
> ________________________________________________________
> 
> Marc Lanteigne
> 
> Accelerated Value Specialist for Spectrum Protect
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Marc Lanteigne [mailto:marclanteigne AT ca.ibm DOT com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 7:42 AM
> To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Cc: ADSM-L <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6 to 7 Upgrade questions
> 
>  
> 
> 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...
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone using IBM Verse
> 
>   _____  
> 
> On Oct 19, 2017, 7:19:13 AM, rakyr AT GMX DOT NET <mailto:rakyr AT GMX DOT 
> NET>  wrote:
> 
> From: rakyr AT GMX DOT NET <mailto:rakyr AT GMX DOT NET> 
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU <mailto: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
>