Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread John D. Schneider
Shawn, You've probably already looked at this, but if you want to stick with shell programs without having to rewrite, we have had good success with Cygwin, a free Windows package that includes pdksh (public-domain korn shell), and all the goodies that a Unix guy likes; grep, tail, cut, mail,

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Steven Langdale
Anything wrong with running these scripts etc. on an AIX server and just point your dsmadmc's to the windows TSM server? Steven Langdale Global Information Services EAME SAN/Storage Planning and Implementation ( Phone : +44 (0)1733 584175 ( Mob: +44 (0)7876 216782 ΓΌ Conference: +44 (0)208 609 740

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Kelly Lipp
Perfectly rational! That one I can get behind... Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Tuesday, Aug

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Shawn Drew
Just a standard. All of our TSM servers are based on AIX in our main data centers. We recently took control of a branch location who has been running on Windows. We are spending a disproportionate amount of time to get our automation, and everything else, to work with Windows just for this little

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Kelly Lipp
What is the concern with keeping a Windows TSM platform (I sat in the weeds on this as long as I could)? Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
You could store a DB tape with the NAS tapes. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:46 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Change TSM Platform "You will have to m

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Ian Smith
I believe there is a tool called Backup Migrator that can do automated, hands off migrations of legacy data. There is an initial policy setup stage then the appliance moves the data between the environments. Meaning the old environment can be decommissioned. Ian Smith -Original Message-

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-04 Thread Shawn Drew
"You will have to move the NAS clients over to the new TSM server, and wait for the old backups to expire before you retire the old backup server." That's what I figured, but I'm not keeping that thing around for 7 years. I guess we'll have to stick with Windows :( Regards, Shawn ___

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-03 Thread John D. Schneider
Shawn, >From my understanding, you are going to have to set up a new TSM server, and migrate the clients over to it. You can use the export commands to export policies and client data from one TSM server to another directly across the LAN. That will make it somewhat less painful, but depending on

Re: Change TSM Platform

2009-08-03 Thread Michael Green
You will be moving from x86/64 architecture to Power. They are binary incompatible. You cannot upload DB from x86 to Power (this is what backup/restore essentially doees). Your only option is to export DB. Don't know about the NDMP. -- Warm regards, Michael Green On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:06 PM,