We need to copy backup data for two nodes from our old TSM server to our new one. These nodes have retention policies of seven years, so we think export/import is the way to go. The old and new TSM servers are on the same FC network and we have defined a large 2 TB file on the FC SAN. The old server has LTO3 tapes in its library and the new one is LTO6, so we would rather not move tapes back and forth. Note that LTO6 cannot read an LTO cart anyway.
The idea is to mount the SAN disk on the old server; export the node to it; unmount it from the old server, zone it to the new server and mount it; run the import node cmd. The examples seem to all mention export to tape or server-2-server. Can a single SAN disk be used instead? We are running TSM 6.1 on Linux on the old box and TSM 6.3 on Linux the new server. Thanks! Ben Alford The University of Tennessee
