The best that you can do is a move node data under V5.1 as far as I know. What you do is get the data in a different primary pool and give them the primary tapes for those file spaces and a copy of the database. The node name does not change in this scenario. If you need to keep a copy of the data, then create a copy of the new primary pool in its own copy pool and once the tapes are removed do a restore volume for each volume in that primary pool.
This is not much better than what you had before, but it may help. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: David le Blanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reassignment of existing backup filespaces Hi TSMers, I'm in the position of recommending a solution to a sticky problem. A customer has sold off some infrastructure and applications, and wishes all backups associated with that infrastructure to go along with the hardware. Unfortunately, the hardware is running some applications which are not leaving, but are in-fact being rehosted before the equipment leaves. *ASSUMING* the data I want to keep is in a particular file system (that is, no need to worry about sub-filesystem granularity) I can 'export node' the appropriate filespaces and re-import them under an alternate node name. Then when the new node has these filespaces, I can delete the original and give away the media and a copy of the database. The re-hosted application will then automatically back up to the imported filespaces under the new host name, and no historical information will be lost. The $US10Million question is :- Can I reassign a file space from NodeX to NodeY without going through the 'export/import' debacle? There is after all, almost 400 tapes going back I don't know how many years containing data from some number of terabytes of IBM ESS storage. Is there a user-land or 'hidden' command to reassign a filespace from NodeX to NodeY? If not, can anyone make a better suggestion on how to do this? Cheers. David
