Thanks for your reply Kelly Both these servers are part of our old environment. We have a lot of data that is Freeze-hold / never expire, and are looking at consolidating our older servers, to reduce ongoing maintenance/operating costs. There are no servers actively backing up to these systems. After everything is consolidated, we are considering attaching the server to our LTO2 library, and move the data from one pool on the old 3490 tapes, to the new pool on the LTO2, although I don't know yet if TSM 4.2 will work with the newer library/drives.
Thanks, Michael Read -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] EXPORT order Domains and server information first and then the client data. As another approach consider starting from scratch on your new TSM server rather than sending any data at all from the old servers. You can export/import the server information but then simply have the clients start doing backups to the new server. As to the data on the old servers: keep it there until it dies a natural death in case you need to restore it. Once sufficient time has elapsed, consider exporting the remainder of the data, especially if it's archive data and then decommission the old servers. I like this approach because it give you a chance to start fresh. Orphaned filespaces will be gone, other garbage will be gone. I especially like this when coming form an older server environment like these. Just something to consider. BTW, we recommend this to our customers in almost all circumstances when we migrate them from one STORServer to another. Thanks, Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Read Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] EXPORT order Is there a specific order that I should export / import? I am trying to merge two TSM 4.2 servers into one by export and import of the policy, and nodes. should I export the nodes, or the policy domain first? Michael Read
