I can't speak to how different NW 4.10 and 4.11 are.  Our Netware guy did
some research, and found that version TSM BA 3.7.x.x (can't remember the
x's) supported NW 3.1, 3.2, 4.11, and some other higher versions, but it
skipped 4.10.  TSM BA 3.1.0.8 does specify NW 4.10.
When we installed TSM, starting on 4.2.1.7, we couldn't get any of the 4.2
clients to work on the NW 4.10 servers.  The consultant found the 3.1.0.8
version, and it worked (unsupported, but it worked).

One of the NW servers is running an application we expect to have replaced
by Oct 1, so we should be able to decommission that NW410 server by Jan1
(must run parallel).  The other server we are discussing
upgrading/migrating it with the team responsible for it.  Until then, we
are using some other workaround we have devised to get the backups we
need.





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All our Netware servers are now at V6 but it took at least a year to get
them all upgraded.  In the meantime all our Netware V4.11 boxes were using
the TSM Client version 4.1.3.0 and had no problems with backups.  Is NW
V4.10 that much different?  And if so, wouldn't it be easier to upgrade
your NW's to V4.11?  I know next to nothing about NetWare except as a big
chunk of my TSM Backup Clients so I may be way off base here, but it seems
to me that it is much easier to upgrade the NW boxes one level than to
consider bringing in another backup product that will not be half as
versatile as TSM.

Shannon Bach
Madison Gas & Electric Co.
Operations Analyst - Data Center Services
Office 608-252-7260
Fax 608-252-7098
e-mail sbach AT mge DOT com