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Re: Wanted: Unix client done right

2001-04-05 12:26:10
Subject: Re: Wanted: Unix client done right
From: "Chibois, Herve" <Chibois_H AT ADMIRAL DOT FR>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 17:47:17 +0200
Hi Thomas,

You can try 4.1 client if you want for some nodes, but keep i, mind
you WON'T BE ABLE to go back to 3.7 after. 3.7 and 4.1 Client formats
are NOT compatible

rv

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Thomas Denier [mailto:Thomas.Denier AT MAIL.TJU DOT EDU]
> Envoyé : jeudi 5 avril 2001 17:32
> À : ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Objet : Wanted: Unix client done right
> 
> 
> We have a number of HP-UX 11.0 clients doing backups to a 3.7.4.0
> server running under OS/390. We upgraded the software on most of
> these clients from 3.1.0.6 to 3.7.0.0. The clients started suffering
> recurrent backup failures because of a bug that results in the
> message "Unknown system error. Return code 195." I recently upgraded
> a number of these clients to 3.7.2.16, which has a fix for that bug.
> The newly upgraded clients are generating the message "aCC runtime:
> ERROR: _main() not called." when a dsmc command or a program using
> the TSM API interface terminates. The backups appear to be successful,
> but the system administrators involved are still nervous about the
> messages. One of them is now proposing that I install 4.1 client code.
> Given Tivoli's recent track record, this will probably just trade one
> set of annoying quirks for another, with a significant probability
> that the new set will do more real harm.
> 
> Is there any 4.1 client level for HP-UX that is free of glaringly
> obvious defects? Tivoli claims that 4.1 clients are compatible with
> 3.7 servers. Are there any compatability issues that Tivoli is not
> acknowledging?
> 
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