I've read through your question 3 times now and I'm still trying to figure out what you're doing :)
You're mentioning creating backupsets. For me, a backupset is a way of restoring a client without having to transfer the data across the LAN. But you're also mentioning TSM servers placed on AIX and Linux respectively. Are you trying to move a TSM server from AIX to Linux? I've never heard of anyone transfering client data betweeen TSM servers using backupsets, I didnt even know it was possible. Did you mix it up and mean export tapes? Cant answer for AIX > Linux, but for example AIX > Windows wont work since the way the OS writes/reads labels of the tape isnt the same (tried it, didnt work for me, perhaps someone else was more lucky). Is there a reason you dont want to do a server-to-server export? Generally (and I'm only talking from my own experience) tapes, databases and normal volumes arent compatible between OS's. The way they handle tapes are just too different. If you try to explain what you're trying to accomplish, perhaps it's easier to help. Or it's just getting late and I'm too tired :) Best Regards Daniel Sparrman Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Växel: 08-754 98 00 Fax: 08-754 97 30 [email protected] http://www.existgruppen.se Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE -----"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> skrev: ----- Till: [email protected] Från: "Strand, Neil B." <[email protected]> Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> Datum: 08/22/2011 20:25 Ärende: [ADSM-L] Backupset restore question - different server OS's I am currently running TSM V5.5 on AIX. I am setting up a TSM V6.2 server on Linux at a new data center. I would like to use backup sets to transfer client data from the old to the new data centers. This backupset data will be used to populate the newly built clients - not as a backup data store. Both the old and new data centers have IBM TS1120 drives in their TS3500 libraries. I don't plan to attach each client to tape drives and would perform the backupset restore via TSM server. Does anyone know or have experienced creating a backup set on a TSM V5 server on AIX and then recovering that backup to a TSM V6 server on Linux? The Linux server would need to generate a TOC from the tape created by the AIX server. The TSM V6.2 server should be able to work with the backup set. It is the OS tape read/write compatibility that I am unsure of. I don't currently have a Linux box to play with and cannot test this scenario. Your comment is highly welcomed. Thank you, Neil Strand Storage Engineer - Legg Mason Baltimore, MD. (410) 580-7491 Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.
