> It makes me curious.. Why and when would I use SYSTEM OBJECT in a w2k3
> restore with a 5.2 client. It got to be a reason why that possibility 
still
> exist?

1) You install the 5.3 client on Monday.

2) Backup runs Monday night. New SYSTEM STATE and SYSTEM SERVICES file 
spaces are created. Old SYSTEM OBJECT file space is left intact.

3) You discover some problem that requires you restore back to last Friday 
-- before you installed the 5.3 client. You will need the 5.2 client to 
restore the SYSTEM OBJECT. If the 5.3 client upgrade had expired your 
older 5.2 SYSTEM OBJECT file space, you would be in a difficult situation.

This is why I said:

> Once you have been running the 5.3 client for a
> period time, you can delete the old SYSTEM OBJECT
> file space at your discretion.

Regads,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/25/2005 
03:14:29:

> Ok and thanks for your answer Andy.
> 
> It makes me curious.. Why and when would I use SYSTEM OBJECT in a w2k3
> restore with a 5.2 client. It got to be a reason why that possibility 
still
> exist?
> Documentations only mentions restore systemstate/systemservices on w2k3.
> 
> 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&q1=restore+%
> 2bwindows&uid=swg21164812&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en
> 
> 
> //Henrik
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
>                     Andrew  
>                     Raibeck              To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU  
>   
 
>                     <[email protected]        cc:     (bcc: Henrik Wahlstedt) 
 
>                     BM.COM>              Subject:     Re: TSM client 
uppgrade
> 5.1.7.3 to 5.2.3.11 
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>                     "ADSM: Dist  
>                     Stor Manager"  
>                     <ADSM-L AT VM DOT MA  
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>  
>  
>                     2005-01-24  
>                     15:21  
>                     Please  
>                     respond to  
>                     "ADSM: Dist  
>                     Stor Manager"  
>  
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The 5.2 (and higher) client uses Microsoft's Volume Snapshot Services
> (VSS) for backing up Windows 2003 system state and system services,
> whereas the 5.1 client uses the Microsoft "legacy" API functions. The 
two
> methods are incompatible and cannot be converted between each other. 
Since
> the SYSTEM OBJECT file space is still restorable by the 5.2 client, the
> 5.3 client does not delete that file space. Once you have been running 
the
> 5.3 client for a period time, you can delete the old SYSTEM OBJECT file
> space at your discretion.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andy
> 
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
> 
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
> 
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-01-24
> 06:43:08:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > If I upgrade TSM client on a w2k3 server, 5.1.7.3 to 5.2.3.11. Then I
> have
> > SYSTEM OBJECT´s in 'q fi'. Compared to a clean install of 5.2.3.11.
> > Why does SYSTEM OBJECT remain? I think SYSTEM OBJECT should be 
converted
> or
> > expired... hopefully I´m just missing something here...
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > TSM server on w2k, 5.2.2.5.
> >
> > Upgraded 5.1.7.3 to 5.2.3.11, q fi:
> > Node Name           Filespace Name
> > ---------------     ----------
> > STO-TW01            SYSTEM OBJECT
> > STO-TW01            \\sto-tw01 \c$
> > STO-TW01            SYSTEM STATE
> > STO-TW01            SYSTEM SERVICES
> > STO-TW01            ASR
> >
> >
> > 5.2.3.11, q fi:
> > Node Name           Filespace Name
> > ---------------     ----------
> > STO-TW09            SYSTEM SERVICES
> > STO-TW09            SYSTEM STATE
> > STO-TW09            ASR
> > STO-TW09            \\sto-tw09\c$
> >
> >
> > tia
> > //Henrik
> >
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