Just to make sure the point is not missed, while it is possible to use EXPORT to only export the database (export server filedata=none), you need to realize that while this will move the database from AIX to Linux, the resultant Linux-based TSM server will not be able to access the same tape volumes that AIX used. You would need to export all of the AIX-based user data, importing it to your new Linux server.
It would be very nice indeed if there were a way to just export/import the database, and be able to have the new server access the old set of tapes, even if it were through some sort of shim as a transitional process during which you could migrate the data from the old tapes (using a shim) to new tapes (using native). This would make the time it takes to do the migration much shorter and more manageable, particularly for large servers. ..Paul At 12:20 PM 4/22/2011, Steven Langdale wrote: >Your right, it is. Though an export/import wouldn't be so different. > >Either way, its the only ways the OP is going to be able to move platforms >(if that is the ultimate requirement) >On 21 Apr 2011 21:05, "Paul Zarnowski" <[email protected]> wrote: >> At 03:03 PM 4/21/2011, Steven Langdale wrote: >>>On Apr 21, 2011 2:19pm, Stef Coene <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Thursday 21 April 2011, you wrote: >>> >>>> > Can a AIX 5.3 TSM v 6.2.2.0 DB backup be restored to a Linux RedHat >>> >>>> > system? >>> >>>> No. >>> >>> >>>However you should be able to do an export/import to migrate it. Or run 2 >>>instances in parallel and do move nodes etc. >>> >>>Steven >> >> But that would be more than restoring the database. That would be moving >ALL of the user data as well. A much different (and larger) task. >> >> ..Paul >> >> >> >> -- >> Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 >> Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 >> 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [email protected] -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [email protected]
