Hi I do this on a UNIX/AIX server where the DRP server UNIX/AIX is at a higher TSM server code than the Production server UNIX/AIX. All I do is restore the TSM database of the production server to the DRP server and then I run an upgrade DB on the DRP server. The OS server levels are also at different server levels. The Production server OS level: AIX 4.3.3 The DRP server OS Level: AIX 5.1 This works for me.
I hope this answers your question. Thks Sean -----Original Message----- From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: install new TSM but use database fro older version >I want to move to a newer TSM version but also going to a new machine. >Is it possible to have the new machine with the new TSM installed and then >use that to restore a database backup from an earlier TSM version? >If yes, will it do the upgradedb automatically or do I have to run that >manually? Without specifics, we can't provide a specific answer. A database backup is intended to be a recovery tool for the TSM server instance which created it: a db backup is not intended to be a portable migration aid. You can get away with moving to a new TSM instance with a db backup where all conditions are essentially the same; but the more they diverge, the more you are gambling. See my notes on "dsmserv RESTORE DB" in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts and the numerous past discussions of this topic in the List archives. Richard Sims �This e-mail is sent on the Terms and Conditions that can be accessed by Clicking on this link http://www.vodacom.net/legal/email.asp "
