> How quickly do folks see this as being a problem in their shops?  Will the
> new W2K features be widely deployed quickly or will it take until later in
> the year?  I would really hate to see *SM take a beating because of
Windows
> 2000.  Ugly.
>
> Does anyone know if Legato and Veritas will have similar early
limitations?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly J. Lipp
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
> PO Box 51313
> Colorado Springs CO 80919
> (719)531-5926
> Fax: (719)260-5991
> www.storsol.com
> lipp AT storsol DOT com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Andy Raibeck
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:57 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Win2K backup client
>
>
> Hi Len,
>
> We will officially support Windows 2000 when it is officially
> launched (target date 2/17/2000). The support will be with our
> existing 3.7.1 client. Windows 2000 is *not* supported in the
> 3.1 product.
>
> As a rule, we do not extend support to operating systems that
> are in beta (or other non-GA status). However, we have a lot
> of developers and testers working on the Windows 2000 beta/
> release candidate versions, and it seems to work fine. The
> client can back up the same stuff that it does on the other
> Windows versions; however, it does not support a lot of the
> new Windows 2000 features, as described in the README file.
>
> We are working on adding support for features that are new
> in Windows 2000. Our current target is for some time in the
> second quarter of 2000.*** See "STANDARD DISCLAIMER" below.
>
> Unicode support is a *huge* effort, and is expected to
> happen later, more towards the end of the year.*** See
> "STANDARD DISCLAIMER" below.
>
> *** STANDARD DISCLAIMER about not being an official
> announcement is in effect: I am providing this information
> just to let you know what our current intentions are, but
> this does not represent a formal announcement or commitment.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
> "The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked."
>
> The client at latest has a long list of outstanding missing parts
> listed in the readme file. I was hoping that tsm had something better
> in the wings.
>
> I believe that I had heard that our pc folks had recieved the
> final copy of the w2k code and the launch is only a short time
> down the road, so does that mean that w2k is supported. Or do we
> have to wait until launch on the 17th?
>
> Then again I was hoping that 3.7 would include the support to
> backup up an nt server with files that use multipe code pages
> stored on it.AKA full unicode support for files.
>
> len