Certainly I never did , I hope do on few time.

To do backup database, check this command

set dbrecovery

Check out this document:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6/topic/com.ibm.itsm.srv.upgrd.doc/b_srv_upgrade_guide.pdf




2014-04-03 10:55 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ryder AT roche DOT com>:

> Francisco, I'm sorry for this naive question, but do you have a document
> you can point me at?  I did not want to have to connect a tape library
> right from the start, but maybe that's the only option?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mike, x7942
> RMD IT Client Services
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Francisco Parrilla <
> francisco.parrilla AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>
> > It's more easy install TSM V7.1 in new TSMserver , and then make the
> > upgrade by the upgrading using tape.
> >
> > You  will never touch the TSM server V6.x to do it, make a dbbackup to
> > disk, copy files and then try to do the upgrade to TSM 7.x
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2014-04-03 10:24 GMT-06:00 Ryder, Michael S <michael_s.ryder AT roche DOT 
> > com>:
> >
> > > Hello Folks:
> > >
> > > I'm preparing to upgrade our TSM 6.2.3 server to TSM 7.1 -- both are on
> > > Windows.
> > >
> > > It's a side-by-side upgrade, and if possible I'd like to leave the
> > existing
> > > TSM 6.2.3 environment alone during the upgrade, so that I can easily
> halt
> > > the upgrade if I run into any problems.
> > >
> > > I've been searching TSM documentation and the Internet for a few days
> now
> > > and can't find anything reliable -- is there an upgrade path I can take
> > to
> > > let me do that?  I was hoping for something like... this -- copy
> database
> > > files and configuration to brand new server... install 6.2.3, and then
> > 7.1
> > > over it.
> > >
> > > Is there any documentation in this respect, best practices or good
> > > community experiences?  Please relate to me anything you can share!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Mike Ryder
> > > RMD IT Client Services
> > >
> >
>