Hello,

This falls into the same install code as
the BA Client and APAR IC92587.

   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC92587


Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 07/22/2014 
09:31:00 PM:

> From: Erwann SIMON <erwann.simon AT FREE DOT FR>
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Date: 07/22/2014 09:31 PM
> Subject: Re: TSM BA installer rant
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just installed TSM for Mail (Exchange) 7.1 on two Exchange 2010
> SP3 servers running on Windows 2008R2 SP1 and both servers rebooted 
> twice during the installation of the prerequisites, without any 
warning...
> 
> Same behavior with 7.1.0.0 and 7.1.0.2...
> 
> It should not behave that way.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Bill Boyer" <bjdboyer AT COMCAST DOT NET>
> À: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Envoyé: Mardi 22 Juillet 2014 21:28:36
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM BA installer rant
> 
> Double-click on the client installer .EXE and if the install says it
> needs to install the VC++ libraries or any other pre-req's, cancel 
> out f the client install. Then go to the " C:\tsm_images
> \TSM_BA_Client\ISSetupPrerequisites" directory. There are 
> directories for each of the pre-req's. Run them manually and if a 
> reboot is required, you can say no and reboot at your leisure. Then 
> come back and run the setup.exe and continue the TSM client install.
> 
> As for client upgrades I've found that if you make sure to stop any 
> of the TSM client services that running (JBB, CAD,Scheduler,...) 
> before running the install I don't get asked for a reboot.
> 
> 
> Bill Boyer
> “If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, expect random 
> guesses or no replies at all.” - ??
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> Behalf Of Hans Christian Riksheim
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 7:55 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM BA installer rant
> 
> As many has experienced the 7.1 BA client for Windows not only 
> requires a reboot, it will in the middle of the install reboot right
> into your face without any warning or prompt. On top of this it will
> do so despite you telling it not to. The same goes for the TDP SQL 
client btw.
> 
> Cause is some C++ Windows things that must be installed for the GUI to 
work.
> 
> For the BA client there is a warning in the Info Center on this. For
> the TDP it is not so clear, that crucial information is hidden in a 
technote.
> IBM therefore thinks they are not to blame but in practise a lot of 
> users fall in that trap and breach their SLAs all over the place. 
> With a GUI one has certain expectations on how it should behave and 
> if no unprompted reboot happened in earlier versions why should it 
happen now?
> 
> My opinion on this:
> 
>    1. IBM should set as a design principle that no customer server 
should
>    ever need a reboot when installing, upgrading or removing TSM 
software.
>    2. There should be no exceptions, but if there are at least make the
>    installer prompt a warning so that the user can delay the reboot 
until
>    service hours.
>    3. Software versions that will reboot a server without warning should 
be
>    immediately removed from PA and other repositories until they are 
fixed.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans Chr. Riksheim
>