Search the archives. Although it may be technically possible to do this move (though I doubt that you could go from Windows to a Unix platform), it is definitely not supported.
Wanda Prather had an excellent summary of the discussion when this came up again last fall: http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0111/951.html -- Tom Thomas A. La Porte DreamWorks SKG [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Daniel Sparrman wrote: >Hi > >Restoring the TSM server(database) to a different OS will work fine as >long as you keep to an open systems platform such as Windows NT/2000, >HP-UX, AIX or Solaris. Doing this on a AS/400 or S/390 wont work. > >This will apply to doing a restore of the TSM database. > >Best Regards > >Daniel Sparrman >----------------------------------- >Daniel Sparrman >Exist i Stockholm AB >Bergkällavägen 31D >192 79 SOLLENTUNA >Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 >Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 > >-----"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Hans Hedlund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 03/19/2002 06:15PM >Subject: Restore TSM server to different OS? > >Is it possible to restore a TSM 4.1 server running on Windows NT to a >Solaris server? > >I'm practicing some DR stuff, and my scenario is that one of our WinNT >TSM4.1 servers has crashed, and we need to restore the latest BACKUP DB >data, but onto a Solaris server on our disastersite. > >Is that possible? I receive mysterious "ANR1368W Input volume >16440215.DBB >contains sequence number 16777216; volume sequence number 1 is required." >when doing my DSMSERV RESTORE DB. > >Regards, Hans Hedlund > > > >************************************************************************ >Confidentiality Notice > >The content of this e-mail is intended only for the >confidential use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed. >If the reader of this message is not such a person, you are >hereby notified that you have received this communication >in error and that reading it, copying it, or in any way >disseminating its content to any other person, is strictly >prohibited. If you have received this message in error, >please notify the author by replying to his e-mail immediately. > >************************************************************************ > >