Duane, I would seriously consider leaving that data alone and let it die a natural death with time. Perhaps do an export node on nodes with archive data if necessary. The systems that are currently backing up to that server will be simply moved to the new server and a full backup done.
The downside is the full backup and needing to keep two servers around in the event an older restore is required. The upside is you don't have to do the export or migration of old data and you get a nice clean start. After many years a TSM server can often do with a clean start... Call if you want to chat in more depth. We've done this several tens of times with our customers. Thanks, Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 www.storserver.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ochs, Duane Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM server consolidation. Good day all, We are in the process of mapping out a plan to consolidate multiple TSM servers into a single instance and a single library. Currently I have 3 separate TSM instances using LTO2, LTO3 and SDLT320 libraries. Housing approximately 300 Tb of data. I've been through a library conversion once before and that was a nightmare and took over a month to complete and didn't include the added complexity of merging TSM instances. The plan. Step 1: Replace the library using LTO2 with a larger expandable library using LTO4. Migrate all data from LTO2 to LTO4. Step 2: Move the data from the other two TSM instances to the TSM instance using the LTO4 library. Step 3: Celebrate. My question: Does anyone know of a painless way to move the 90+ TB of data from the TSM instance utilizing the SDLT320 library to the TSM instance utilizing the LTO4 library ? Thanks, Duane
