I am not aware of any problems specific to running 3.7 clients with 3.1
servers. However, I strongly recommend that if you install IP21933 (3.7.2),
you use the latest patch for that version, 3.7.2.19 (IP21933_19). It is
located on the ftp site ftp.software.ibm.com in the
storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/client directory structure (you
should be able to navigate to the fix from there).

Note that support for Windows 2000 system objects requires a 3.7.3 (or
higher) TSM server, so you will only be able to back up normal files with
your current server; you will not be able to back up the Windows 2000
system objects.

Please review the README.1ST file that accompanies the 3.7.2.19 fix for
further information.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Tivoli Systems
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
e-mail: araibeck AT tivoli DOT com
"The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked."


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03/21/2001 07:38:27 AM

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Subject:  TSM 3.1 Server with IP21933?



We are currently using TSM 3.1 server and will be for the next 2 months. We
also have installed several Windows 2000 Advanced Server machines in a
clustered environment. The backups are performing very slow(12 hours for
10G
and 415,000 total files considered). I have information that the current
client(IP21855) we are using knows nothing about Windows 2000 and
clustering. The bottleneck is definitely the speed in which the client is
reading and testing files for backup. I have tested a Windows 2000 machine
with the IP21933 client and it seemed to work OK.

Since TSM 3.1 is out of support and the last supported client for TSM 3.1
was IP21855 I have some reservations about installing IP21933 on our
Windows
2000 machines.

The question....
        Does anyone know of any problems with running the IP21933 client
and
TSM 3.1?
        Has anyone had any experience with this configuration?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!
Lee Fletcher
Network Project Integrator
AmerenUE Callaway Plant
ldfletcher AT cal.ameren DOT com