I am looking for suggestions for saving data (db's and the like) for long periods of time. Our problem is servers go EOSL (end of service life) and we build newer ones but usually with different names, and can't do a simple rename in TSM because both old and new server will coexist for an extended time. Ultimately, it is time to delete the old server from TSM and unfortunately, all the data goes bye-bye.
I prefer not to discuss the reality of what good is this data if the underlying application or DB version is obsolete. The users just "want their data saved" despite that we tell them it is nearly useless. Any suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Ralph