Hi Dennis! Can you partition your library? In that case you can connect it to both your old Windows server and your new Linux server and use export node toserver=<newserver> to move your existing backups to the new TSM server. Kind regards, Eric van Loon Air France/KLM Storage Engineering
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Schneck, Dennis Sent: woensdag 2 augustus 2017 9:24 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Migrate from TSM Server 5.5.7 on Windows to TSM Server 7.1.7 on Linux - the unsupported way because exportdb --> insertdb did not work Hello, how to migrate from TSM Server 5.5.x on Windows to TSM Server 7.1.7 on Linux ( only one tape library ) ? because my way ( see 2nd ) is not supported 1st I tryed: ( exportdb --> insertdb ) VM1: TSM 5.5.7 on Windows and VM2: TSM 7.1.7 on Windows VM1: restore backup from productive System. install UpgradeTool VM2: migrate on VM2 with dsmupgdx from VM1 then I had TSM 7.1.7 running. Did a exportdb on TSM 7.1.7 on Windows If "insertdb" on Linux TSM Server 7.1.7 got this error: /opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmserv insertdb manifest=/import/manifest.txt IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux/x86_64 Version 7, Release 1, Level 7.100 ... "ANR1953E INSERTDB: Linux/x86_64 cannot be the target of a database upgrade from Windows." 2nd I tryed: ( local migrate ) Install TSM Server 5.5.7 on Linux ( SLES 12 SP2 ) + TSM Client 5.5.4.0 restore backup from productive System. Install UpgradeTool Upgrade to TSM 7.1.3 an run "dsmupgdx" for migrate local Server (Network Method). Then TSM Server 7.1.3 is running with Data from TSM Server 5.5.x Windows Then Update to 7.1.7.300 this works... but IBM support say by phonecall - " .. this is not supported " :-( Any proposals for a supported way ? Thanks Dennis ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************