Before you install
the Tivoli® Storage
Manager V7.1.1 server,
back up critical files and information for each server instance. The
files are required after you install the V7.1.1 server.
You also need these files if you decide to revert to using the V5
server after the upgrade.
Procedure
- Back up device configuration information to another directory
by using the following Tivoli Storage
Manager administrative
command:
backup devconfig filenames=file_name
where file_name specifies
the file in which to store device configuration information.
- Back up volume history information to another directory
by using the following Tivoli Storage
Manager administrative
command:
backup volhistory filenames=file_name
where file_name specifies
the file in which to store volume history information.
- Verify that the volume history includes
information about the database backup that you completed to prepare
for the upgrade. Use the QUERY VOLHISTORY command. For example, to verify the results of a snapshot database
backup, you can issue the following command:
query volhistory type=dbbackup
Review
the query output to verify that the time stamp for the database backup
matches the actual time of the backup.
- Make a copy of the server options file.
- Optional: Make a copy of the accounting log
file.
- Back up any scripts that were used for daily housekeeping
for the server. Examine the scripts for changes that are needed after
the upgrade.
- Store the device configuration file, the volume history
file, the server options file, and any other files that you backed
up, in a safe place. Ensure that the files are stored on a different
system from the system that is being upgraded, or on offline media,
such as a CD.