Hi ! I have done a similar test before.
If you want, you can install the actual packages that you have 5.2.6.7 on the test machines You can create volumes with dsmfmt command for log and db. You will need the same or more space for the TSM database. Then you must format those volumes using the loadformat command. Then use a backup of your TSM database and restore it on the new machine. You can create a file devclass to do the backup if you have enough space, then copy it to test machine and do the restore. after that I do not know if AIX upgrade is like solaris or hp-ux upgrade but you will have to deinstall the old packages and install the new ones (5.3.3). I think on AIX, perhaps you will not have to delete the old packages... do not know ;-(((( Then run your server with solaris: dsmserv hp-ux: dsmserv -upgradedb Ibán Bernaldo de Quirós Márquez Technical Specialist cell: + 34 659 01 91 12 Sun Microsystems Iberia -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Otto Chvosta Sent: Tue 25/07/2006 15:51 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Test before upgrade from 5.2 to 5.3 Hi ! I'm a TSM newbie and going to migrate our TSM server (AIX) from level 5.2.7.3 up to 5.3.3. Before that I'll test the upgrade (especially database upgrade) using a copy of our existing database (160GB). I copied the db and log volumes (only 1st copy) from our halted server to another (test) machine where TSM 5.3.3 is installed. On this machine the copied db and log volumes were in different directories than the original path. On the test machine I treid to create a new server instance : # mkdir /usr/tivoli/tsm/server3 # cd /usr/tivoli/tsm/server3 # cp /...oldmachine.../dbs/dbvol*.dsm /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/dbcopy/ # cp /...oldmachine.../db/logvol*.dsm /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/logcopy/ # cp /...oldmachine.../tsm/server/bin/dsmserv.opt /usr/tivoli/tsm/server3/. # cp /...oldmachine.../tsm/server/bin/dsmserv.dsk /usr/tivoli/tsm/server3/. # ln -s /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmserv /usr/tivoli/tsm/server3/dsmserv3 # export DSMSERV_DIR=/usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin # export DSMSERV_CONFIG=/usr/tivoli/tsm/server3/dsmserv.opt after that - edit dsmserv.opt changing TCPPORT, SHMPORT, TCPADMINPORT and HTTPPORT for the new instance - also dsmserv.dsk changing the old path into the new for the db and log volumes i.e.: /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/dbs/dbvol20.dsm to /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/dbcopy/dbvol20.dsm and then I tried to start the new instance # ./dsmserv3 ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 04:58:24 on Mar 28 2006. Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX-RS/6000 Version 5, Release 3, Level 3.0 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1990, 2006. All rights reserved. U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corporation. ANR0900I Processing options file /usr/tivoli/tsm/server3/dsmserv.opt. ANR4726I The ICC support module has been loaded. ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress. ANR7807W Unable to get information for file /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/db/logvol1.dsm. A file or directory in the path name does not exist. . . . . ANR7807W Unable to get information for file /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/dbs/dbvol19.dsm. A file or directory in the path name does not exist. ANR7807W Unable to get information for file /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/dbs/dbvol20.dsm. A file or directory in the path name does not exist. ANR0259E Unable to read complete restart/checkpoint information from any database or recovery log volume. # The pathes in the ANR7807W messages are the old ones and not the new ones I altered in dsmserv.dsk Any hints what I'm doing wrong ??? Thank you, Otto Chvosta Medical University of Vienna