Ron, Thank you for the references and your advice. I will read the documentation carefully and consider whether the reward is worth the possible complications. Maybe not.
Best wishes, Keith Arbogast Indiana University On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Ron Delaware wrote: > Keith, > > you can find the procedure for changing the host name for you linux TSM > Servers here: > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21448218 > > Changing names is not a task to be taken lightly. Changes that are made can > affect future upgrades, see this link for more info: > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573421 > > > _________________________________________________________ > Ronald C. Delaware > IBM Level 2 - IT Plus Certified Specialist – Expert > IBM Corporation | Tivoli Software > IBM Certified Solutions Advisor - Tivoli Storage > IBM Certified Deployment Professional > 916-458-5726 (Office > 925-457-9221 (cell phone) > > email: ron.delaw...@us.ibm.com > Storage Services Offerings > > <Mail Attachment.jpeg> > > If you haven’t learned something new today, then you’ve wasted your day > > > > > From: Keith Arbogast <warbo...@iu.edu> > To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, > Date: 03/04/2014 02:16 PM > Subject: [ADSM-L] How to change db2 instance name? > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> > > > > We install / and /boot on a LUN on the SAN, and boot from there. We can copy > a boot LUN with the OS installed on it, and zone the copy to new hardware to > create another server. > > Can we do that with a boot LUN that has the TSM server installed on it too, > then change the DB2 instance name of the clone --to create a new TSM server? > If that is a straight forward process it might save us time in a > deadline-driven hardware upgrade. > > If this is well documented somewhere, kindly refer me to that. > > With my thanks, > Keith Arbogast > Indiana University >