Certainly I never did , I hope do on few time. To do backup database, check this command
set dbrecovery Check out this document: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6/topic/com.ibm.itsm.srv.upgrd.doc/b_srv_upgrade_guide.pdf 2014-04-03 10:55 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ry...@roche.com>: > Francisco, I'm sorry for this naive question, but do you have a document > you can point me at? I did not want to have to connect a tape library > right from the start, but maybe that's the only option? > > Best regards, > > Mike, x7942 > RMD IT Client Services > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Francisco Parrilla < > francisco.parri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's more easy install TSM V7.1 in new TSMserver , and then make the > > upgrade by the upgrading using tape. > > > > You will never touch the TSM server V6.x to do it, make a dbbackup to > > disk, copy files and then try to do the upgrade to TSM 7.x > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-04-03 10:24 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ry...@roche.com>: > > > > > Hello Folks: > > > > > > I'm preparing to upgrade our TSM 6.2.3 server to TSM 7.1 -- both are on > > > Windows. > > > > > > It's a side-by-side upgrade, and if possible I'd like to leave the > > existing > > > TSM 6.2.3 environment alone during the upgrade, so that I can easily > halt > > > the upgrade if I run into any problems. > > > > > > I've been searching TSM documentation and the Internet for a few days > now > > > and can't find anything reliable -- is there an upgrade path I can take > > to > > > let me do that? I was hoping for something like... this -- copy > database > > > files and configuration to brand new server... install 6.2.3, and then > > 7.1 > > > over it. > > > > > > Is there any documentation in this respect, best practices or good > > > community experiences? Please relate to me anything you can share! > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Mike Ryder > > > RMD IT Client Services > > > > > >