Going through testing of converting/upgrading a server and have a few questions as well as seeing some oddities. Doing this on a test server since we will be moving everything to a new machine for the actual move.
This is what I did (following the instruction in the book): 1. Installed server 5.5.5.2 and dsmupgrd utility - formatted DB space and restored the DB from an offsite server copy. 2. Ran "dsmupgrd preparedb" process 3. Ran "dsmupgrd extractdb" 4. Installed V6.2.3 and upgraded to v6.2.3.100 (don't want to risk 6.3 since the 5.5 server has old v5.1 IRIX clients we can't get rid of and am not sure they will work under 6.3 server) The instructions say to then run "dsmupgdx" to insert the output from extractdb. Well, this process goes back through the preparedb and extractdb process....so why did I do it manually? Also, after the conversion, the 6.2.3 server seems to have some "unassociated" filespaces - by this I mean when doing the query: select node_name,sum(num_files),sum(physical_mb),type from occupancy group by node_name,type order by node_name I see (nodename is blank): NODE_NAME: Unnamed[2]: 12 Unnamed[3]: 15.98 TYPE: Bkup This has me slightly concerned but I guess I can just consider this some damage in the original DB? Or should I be concerned? How would I fix this? When I compare occupancy numbers between old and new, the numbers are "close enough" to not be really worried (I am comparing todays occupancy numbers on the running 5.5 server with that of the DB I backed up and restored, which was many days ago so I would expect from differences due to backups, expiration, etc.) Thoughts, suggestions, experiences ? Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html