We are running TSM 5.1.5.0 on win2000. It seems to be stable. No new (or old
fixed) problems found. It is running for a couple of weeks. We are waiting
for the AIX software, so that we can upgrade our NSM (which was running on
4.1.3 and in a couple of weeks migrated to 4.1.6, 4.2.1.9, 4.2.2.0 and now
running 4.2.2.13 all due to crashes, bugs etc). The big thing with 5.1.x is
the multiple restore sessions. At last we can use all our drives to restore
a client.

Gr,
Karel

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: bbullock [mailto:bbullock AT MICRON DOT COM]
Verzonden: woensdag 6 november 2002 20:31
Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Onderwerp: Re: TSM version 5


        We are in the process of moving our 8 TSM servers from the
"very-stable,I-never-wanna-change" Version 4.1.4.0, to the
"it-scares-me-to-death-to-change" Version 5.

        FYI, we have 8 TSM servers running on AIX 4.3.3 ML10, ~800 clients
(NT, AIX, Solaris, Linux & VMS) running with TSM client levels anywhere from
2.1 to 5.1, with the majority of them at version 4.1 and 4.2.

        We are being "motivated" to move to a newer version so we're on a
supported version and because there are new features that our NT admins want
to exploit.

        So, my logic went like this:
        4.2.* - Way to buggy, not ~even~ going to go there.
        5.1.0.0 - First version, too buggy.
        5.1.5.0 - Seems to re-introduce previously fixed bugs.
        5.1.1.6 - I don't like to install patches (as opposed to maintenance
levels) unless I encounter a bug.

        So, that lead me to install 5.1.1.0 on my TSM servers.

        I'm rolling out the "4.1.4.0 to 5.1.1.0 upgrade" gradually, just in
case I encounter a big gotcha. As of today, I have upgraded 5 of the 8
servers,(doing about 1/week).

        Things seem to be good so far. I'm keeping an eye on the "SYSTEM
OBJECTS" on the NT hosts, but they seem to be stable and not growing any
larger, (but I'm going to keep an eye on that one). Also, the clients don't
seem to be reporting any more errors than usual. No errors on the "expire
inventory" that I can see.

        I'm kinda thinking that I dodged a bullet and it won't be as painful
as I thought this was going to be. It's quiet... perhaps a little ~too~
quiet... (roll scary music... queue scary bug...) ;-)

        Once we are comfortable with the TSM servers at 5.1.1.0, we will
start to upgrade the client software.

Ben



-----Original Message-----
From: Luciano Ariceto [mailto:Luciano.Ariceto AT IPAPERBR DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:28 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: TSM version 5


Hi

I would like to know about TSM version 5 (good or bad things). Nowadays we
are running version 4.1 and we are planning move to v5. If you have any
comments or experince about it I will appreciate.

Thanks a advanced

Luciano Ariceto
Technical Support
International Paper do Brasil Ltda.