Just finished doing the same thing. We created a new TSM server on RH Linux 4 (We had too many issued with Windows not wanting to share Fibre-Channel attached tape drives) and either:
1. Performed EXPORT TO SERVER 2. Created new same named nodes and then deleted the old backups from the zOS server. Sure, moving some nodes took many days (around 100GB per 24-hours is what we could get out of the MF, since it only has a 10/100Mb nic). We had about 12TB to move. This has been in progress for 3-4 months. Shannon Bach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 05/19/2006 12:56 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] Moving our TSM Server off MVS/ZOS to Win2003 We recently received the okay to move our current TSM Server off the MVS/ZOS mainframe to a Windows server. Along with this, we will be getting an IBM 3584 Library with (6)TS1120 Jaguar tape drives ...this will be exclusive to TSM and may be located at an offsite location (still waiting for decision from above). And I'll have 800 GB's of disk from an IBM DS6800. I'll have to export/move the current date from a 3594 Magstar ATL and some older archived data on a VTL to the Jaguar. That will consist of moving date from 3590e carts with around 20 GB's of data to cartridges with a capacity of 300 GB's. Having always been a "mainframer" :~)... I am wondering if anyone else here has gone through this transition and wouldn't mind passing on some useful tips. I have been browsing on the Internet for a redbook or white paper... even a checklist of considerations, but haven't found much as yet. Any tips would be greatly appreciated...and feel free to email me directly. Thank you... Shannon Madison Gas & Electric Co Operations Analyst -Data Center Services Information Management Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office 608-252-7260