The only supported option I am aware of is when moving from TSM5 -> TSM6.3.4 I've successfully migrated from AIX TSM5 -> Linux TSM6.3.4 and if your solaris server is TSM5.5 I would consider it.
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.srv.upgrd.doc%2Ft_xplat_mig.html Otherwise the export node would be the another good solution. -Shawn On Dec 3, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Skylar Thompson wrote: > I believe the platform must be the same on both the source and target end > of the database restore[1]. > > As an alternative to a database restore, you could use EXPORT NODE either > directly or via removable sequential media. > > [1] > http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/topic/com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/t_db_move_new_loc.html > > On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 12:23:12PM -0800, Nora wrote: >> Hello, >> We currently have a TSM instance running on a Solaris x86 machine, and we >> would like to migrate it to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server. But we are >> wondering if we can restore the orginal TSM database to the other server >> running a different OS (Linux)? >> If it is not possible, how can we migrate all data in our archival storage >> pool (120 GB only) to from the old TSM instance running on Solaris to the >> new TSM instance on Linux? >> >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> |This was sent by noran...@adma.ae via Backup Central. >> |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. >> +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine
