Op 22 jan. 2014, om 17:52 heeft Lee, Gary <[email protected]> het volgende 
geschreven:

> We are upgrading our server from v5.5.4 to 6.2.5.  At the same time, we are 
> changing platforms to redhat on x86 from suse under vm.
> 

vm (mainframe) or vmware? And if VMWare, is tape (physical or virtual) 
supported on VMWare? Last time I checked it wasn't.

> I have tested the upgrade process, and it seems to work well.
> In the current 5.5 server, the primary tape pool uses the same devclass as 
> the offsite copy pool.
> I now will have access to an offsite library from the new upgraded server.
> 
> Since a new library requires a new devclass, I assume this will also require 
> a new offsite pool. Is there a way to avoid a complete new "ba stgpool" from 
> having to be done?
> At approximately 60 tB, I don't have time or tape cartridges to do this.
> 

you can just check the copypool tapes out from the old lib and in in the new 
lib, assuming the device type is compatible/identical. A tape volume is not 
bound to a device class, only to a pool and a device type (not device class!). 
(BTDTGTTS)


> I thought of reclaiming the old pool to the new pool for the first two or 
> three weeks, then starting to backup to the new pool, hoping to get tapes 
> back from the old to reuse.
> 

nope, you can't set a reclaim stg on a copypool.

> Any other ideas out there?

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Remco Post
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