We ran multiple 5.5 library clients to both 6.1 and  6.2 library managers
for a few years with no issues.  All TSM servers are RH Linux.

As other folks have reminded me 'Not supported does not necessarily mean it
doesn't work'

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Virginia Commonwealth University
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On Oct 9, 2013 8:04 AM, "Steven Harris" <steve AT stevenharris DOT info> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I've painted myself into a corner.
>
> I have a customer with TSM V5.5.6 and V6.2.4 instances hosted on AIX.
>
> The original plan was to move the clients one at a time off V5 and onto v6.
>  The V5 database is too big to convert, and as the instance is over 10
> years old I fully expect it to have database issues that may make a
> conversion difficult.
>
> The customer sees this as essentially wasted work and wants me to implement
> TSM for VE as quickly as possible since most of those V5 clients are (now)
> virtualized Windows and Linux boxes.
>
> There are dual sites with TS3500s and TSS1120/1140 drives, with a library
> manager on each.   I'd be mad to install anything other than TSM for VE at
> 6.4, so I'll need the TSM for VE instance to be 6.3.4.  This forces the
> library manager to also be 6.3.4, but library manager/library client is
> only supported at n+1, so the V5 library client is not supported with the
> 6.3.4 library manager.
>
> It really would be a better option to go straight to TSM for VE if that can
> be done.
>
> Is anyone out there successfully running V5 lib client against V6.3 lib
> manager?  Anyone got horror stories to tell?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
> Steven Harris
> TSM Admin
> Canberra Australia
>