We did this twice last month. - Upgraded original server to 5.1 - Installed new server with TSM 5.1 - Created identical disk layout on new server - Stopped TSM on original server - Copied all disk/file pools, DB, and log volumes to the new server - Started TSM on new server.
ps. to prevent problems with device-numbering, you can delete the drives/library on the old server, before you copy all the data. Jeroen -----Original Message----- From: Mitch Sako [mailto:msako@;CADENCE.COM] Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 6:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Version Upgrade Question Platform: Win2K Notes: 4mm DAT, no library, 15GB catalog, two clients, all UNIX backups-no special databases, no archives What: Upgrade from 4.2 to 5.2 on a different machine with same disk and tape configuration. Is there a "tapeless" way to do this? The new hardware is ready and in place, the software will be installed. All tape and disk devices and volumes are the same. I just want to move everything to the new 5.2 server. Would it be easier to clone the 4.2 system and do an upgrade in place? If so, what would be the process for cloning a system? Mitch Sako