TSM Upgrade

Upgrade TSM 5.2 server to TSM version 5.3 Server

TSM ver5.3

* There is no problem to migrate to ver5.3 from any previous version
* It is recommended that you immediately apply version 5.3.0.2 or 5.3.1 (or latest maintenance release) after upgrading to version 5.3.0.

Things to do prior upgrading- More info at [1]

 * Backup TSM database  with type=full devclass=tape_device
 * backup devconfig 
 * backup volhistory

 * Save the following important files, which are in the default directory for the Tivoli Storage Manager server:
 * volhist (file name depends on what you specified with the backup volhistory command)
 * devconfig (file name depends on what you specified with the
 * backup devconfig command)
 * dsmserv.opt
 * dsmserv.dsk

Hardware needed

• csmstmr server
• HDD Storage needed

- At least 88MB of disk space temporarily available for extracting the installation filesets from the tar.gz file. The Storage Agent will require at least 40MB of temporary disk space. - At least 200MB of free disk storage .

• Tape drives :

 Ultrium 3581-L23 (Ultrium2)

 Ultrium 3581-L23 (Ultrium2)

 4mm tape drive 

• Tivoli Storage Manager device definitions are saved during a migrate installation from Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.1, Version 5.2, * and Version 5.3. To install the new Tivoli Storage Manager drivers, you must have the output from the following commands:

lsdev -Cc tape 
rmt0 Available 10-60-00-5,0 4.0 GB 4mm Tape Drive
rmt1 Available 20-58-00-3,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive 
rmt2 Available 20-59-00-3,0 IBM 3580 Ultrium Tape Drive
rmt3 Available 30-58-00-3,0 7332 4mm Auto Loader SCSI Tape Device
smc0 Available 20-58-00-1,0 IBM 3581 Tape Medium Changer
smc1 Available 20-59-00-1,0 IBM 3581 Tape Medium Changer
lsdev -Cc library
lb0 Available 30-58-00-3,1 Tivoli Storage Manager Library

• Memory needed to run new version

 1 GB of memory or 2 GB of memory if the administration server will run on the same machine

Administration Center

* It runs only for TSM server 5.3
* The previous administrative Web interface can be found here : [2]