Jeff, I think you probably can do this; at worst you may have to do the upgrade db at 5.1.5.0 - I think that's the new base at version 5.
Another thing to remember is that the server will need re-licensing at V5. It also uses a different connectivity for the tape drives - at 4.2.1.9 you use simply define/update drive; at 5.1 you need to bring in the define/update path commands. You may know all this already if you have been testing out V5 in advance. If you can avoid restore db and use the db that you have moved, I would say that would be more likely to work; restore db is not always supported across releases (or more likely, not tested) - it might work, but it might not. You could test that in advance by setting up a little new db, dump it to file, shift it (ftp) to the p670 and do the restore db. Come to that, you could do the same with upgradedb. Set up little db as files, move it, upgrade. I always like to know where I stand before the final move! The things I've forgotten are usually enough to keep life interesting on the day. Good luck with the upgrades. Best wishes, Sheelagh -- Sheelagh Treweek Oxford University Computing Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +44 (0)1865 273205 Fax:-273275 X-Server-Uuid: AF46FF6A-C785-473C-8C32-637F1D084C73 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SWMTA1.ipaper.com/IPAPER(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 01/14/2003 03:47:29 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 123A5AFB3108567-01-01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:47:28 -0600 From: Jeff G Kloek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Database question To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Part of our upcoming move includes moving from TSM 4.2.1.9 on AIX 4.3.3 on RS6000 S7A to TSM 5.1.5.4 on P670 on AIX 5.2. I've set up an instance of TSM at that level on the P670. Now I'm trying to fathom the best way to actually move the database over. I'm going to be dropping all the disk and tape connections from the S7A and connecting them to the P670. I'll have time to get all the devices defined and paths defined, so that with the exception of the path statements, the storage pools, libraries tape drives, log directories, db directories and files will all be configured the same as before. My question is this: If I did all the above, could I simply do a "dsmserv upgradedb" and let it fly? I'm sure this isn't supported, so I'm just wondering aloud. Thanks!!
