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I currently running TSM server 5.5 on Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2 on an IBM
server. I am using IBM SAN for my disk storage. The SAN is out of warranty.
I have a SCSI array connected to a HP server running the same OS. I want to
see if it is possible to robocopy the data currently on the SAN and move it
to the new SCSI array. Basicly I want to set up the disk storage to be seen
on a network drive. Can anyone help me with this.



Dave Hensley
Technical Analyst
McNeilus Companies, Inc.
Desk: 1-507-374-8587
Cell: 1-507-244-0921


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Your posting doesn't tell us the nature of the data that is on the
SAN. If it is a TSM disk storage pool, you can put the SCSI array
under it as a storage pool in the hierarchy and migrate down to it, to
thereafter dispose of the SAN and have the SCSI array take its place.

Richard Sims

We need a bit more info -
By "disk storage", what do you mean? Do you mean your TSM DB, or your disk
pool? (and is it a random or sequential pool?)

Assuming you want to use a network drive in your TSM disk storage pool, that
will work fine. Just define your volumes using the UNC name for the drives,
as in \\hpserver\d$\tsmdir\volname1.dsm

In order for that to work, your TSM server must be running under an account
that has network rights (i.e., not the SYSTEM account).

(And while this does work, remember that it is most likely going to be
SLOWER to access than before; you are going across the network to access
that disk pool volume using the CIFS file-sharing protocol, which in my
experience is not real fast compared to direct SAN speeds. And it makes
your TSM server availability dependent on your HP server availability.)

Don't robocopy the data, or use anything outside of TSM; the appropriate way
to move TSM data is with TSM tools. Just define your disk
pool volumes, mark the old volumes as READONLY, then use MOVE DATA to clean
off the old volumes.




On 7/14/08, David Hensley <dhensley < at > mcneilusco.com> wrote:

I currently running TSM server 5.5 on Windows 2003 Server R2 SP2 on an IBM
server. I am using IBM SAN for my disk storage. The SAN is out of warranty.
I have a SCSI array connected to a HP server running the same OS. I want to
see if it is possible to robocopy the data currently on the SAN and move it
to the new SCSI array. Basicly I want to set up the disk storage to be seen
on a network drive. Can anyone help me with this.



Dave Hensley
Technical Analyst
McNeilus Companies, Inc.
Desk: 1-507-374-8587
Cell: 1-507-244-0921


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responsibility of the recipient to check that it is virus-free and the
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Thank you.