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I am going through the docs preparing to do my first test of converting a
V5 server to V6.3 on a test server/machine.

I am looking for details on EXACTLY what the DSMUPGRD PREPAREDB does.

Since this is a test/dry run, I don't want to do this against a live
server, just a copy of it's databases.

Can I just restore the V5 DB to the test machine, install the DSMUPGRD
utility and run it against the restored DB?

How about from a DBSNAPSHOT of this database we do to an offsite TSM
server?


Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
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Zoltan,

That's exactly what we did - test on a restored copy of a v5 database. We used restore db, but a snapshot should also work. If you have the resources, I suggest doing this testing as it should give you a better idea of what problems you might run into and how long it will take. Doing these test runs allowed our upgrades to go very smoothly.

..Paul

At 09:55 AM 1/12/2012, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:
I am going through the docs preparing to do my first test of converting a
V5 server to V6.3 on a test server/machine.

I am looking for details on EXACTLY what the DSMUPGRD PREPAREDB does.

Since this is a test/dry run, I don't want to do this against a live
server, just a copy of it's databases.

Can I just restore the V5 DB to the test machine, install the DSMUPGRD
utility and run it against the restored DB?

How about from a DBSNAPSHOT of this database we do to an offsite TSM
server?


Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray < at > vcu.edu - 804-828-4807
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never use email to request that you reply with your password, social
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