4.3.3 to 5.2 TSM server

[Mag0007]

I am planning to upgrade to AIX 5.2 from 4.3.3

I have a storage-tek tape library, running TSM. Are there any gotchas I should look for? My game plan is:

1) Make a mksysb
2) Reboot with CDrom, and perform a "Preserve Install"
3) Reboot to 5.2, and start up adsm

I am hoping this will preserve my Devices, in particular
"smitty devices -> Tivoli Storage Manager Devices"

Has anyone done an upgrade for a TSM server? Would I need to note down any other info, before this major upgrade?

Thanks!

 

[samjoo]

hi!
I have ever been to upgrade to AIX5.1 from 4.3.3.
Maybe you are likely to reinstall the TSM software and device driver after upgrade. because aix52 is 64bit kernel, i think system will not show you TSM device.

 

[jie]

Hey check this website

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/index.jsp

guide for upgrading tsm server from one version to another hope this guide you ..

 

[Mag0007]

I am not upgrading TSM. I am just upgrading the OS from 4.3.3 to 5.2!

Any advice?

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

if you don't choose the 64 bit kernel , normally a preservation install will do the job, but if you go to 64 bit, I think you will have to reinstall the TSM.

greetz,

R.

 

[Mag0007]

Yes. What is preferred, 'Preserve Install' or 'Migration Install' ?

Also, when I am about to do this, will it ask me for 64 bit or 32 bit?

 

[Marcel1958]

We have upgraded from AIX 4.3.3. to AIX 5.2 We still use TSM 4.2 with no problems. This is however an unsupported situation.

 

[DukeSSD]

I can't comment on TSM but you will need to do a Preservation Install to upgrade AIX on the same machine. This will preserve the AIX (but mabey not the TSM) settings.
A Migration Install is for when you are restoring to a different machine than the one you took the mksysb from (i.e. you are migrating the same level of AIX from one machine to another).

 

[Mag0007]

Huh? I think I need to do a migration install...not preserve install..

 

[DukeSSD]

Oops, you're right, Migration 'preserves' much more than a Preservation install. I still can't comment on the TSM bits though.