Daniel, No, I don't believe there is any way to accomplish your specific request. I know of no supported method to move the file and volume metadata from one TSM instance into another without also moving the data.
If your goal is to get to a single hardware platform, you can create a second instance of TSM on the new machine and leave the old data on the 3494. I expect, however, that your goal is to get all the clients into a single instance of TSM? If so, I believe you will have to move the files. Using the second instance will allow you to retire the old machine quickly, if that is important. But it's pay me now or pay me later. Bill Smoldt SSSI STORServer, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Sparrman Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 2:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Consolidating TSM servers. Hi The problem isn't moving only one TSM server, but consolidating two TSM servers into one. I have no problems moving the first TSM server(ADSM1) to the new hardware. However, I want to migrate the second TSM server(ADSM2) to the new hardware/TSM server(TSM1). There are two choices for doing this, either exporting all nodes using export node option. This will generate alot of tapes, as the smallest ADSM server has 200 nodes, 1500 tapes and a total storage of 30TB. However, I can choose not to export the copypools, which would make it about 15TB of data and 750 tapes. The other option is to do a export server. This command has a filedata= feature, and what I would like to do is to do a export server filedata=none, and then import this information into the new TSM server. The new TSM server will have access through ACSLS/3494 CU to all existing volumes from both old ADSM servers. Therefore, I wouldn't have to export all the filedata, only definitions. My question is, is it possible to do a export server filedata=none, and then import this information into the new server, connect both the 3494 and the STK9310 to the new server, and use the old volumes that contains data and already exists in the 3494/STK9310. This would save me 3-4 days, because that is what it would take to move 15TB of data from the 3494 to the 9310 using import/export commands. Or, do I have to do export/import of all filedata, because doing filedata=none, will only import node definitions, and not storage volume definitions? Best Regards Daniel Sparrman ----------------------------------- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervdgen 6B 183 62 HDGERNDS Vdxel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 "Don France (TSMnews)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002-04-23 08:45 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Consolidating TSM servers. If you stay on the same platform-OS, all you need to do is shutdown (old server) after a final DB backup, move the HW connections to the new server, restore DB, and you're finished. Remember to copy the dsmserv.dsk (filesystems for all TSM server files -- db, log, disk pool vols, logical volumes, path-names), as well as volhist, devcfg and dsmserv.opt; move/re-org filesystems *after* the move. Many other posts confirm this approach, have personally done it on AIX since v2 days. Regards, Don France Technical Architect - Tivoli Certified Consultant Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E.) San Jose, CA (408) 257-3037 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Sparrman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: Consolidating TSM servers. Hi Anybody out there know if it's possible to do a export server, without having to export all filedata, and then do a import and use the existing tapes. We have one STK 9310 and one IBM 3494. Each TSM server has a copypool and a primary tape pool in the different libraries. All equipment is SAN connected, so if I could first do a DB backup/restore to the new machine of one of the TSM servers, and then export everything except for the file data from the second TSM server to the new machine, it would be perfect. Doing a export server filedata=all, would create about 1500 new tapes, according to a export server preview=yes (about 31TB of data) and this would probbaly not work at all. So, anybody done this before? Best Regards Daniel Sparrman ----------------------------------- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervdgen 6B 183 62 HDGERNDS Vdxel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51
