Hot Diggety! Jolliff, Dale was rumored to have written:
> We are looking at an upgrade from 4.2.1.15 to some version that supports
> LTO Gen 2 drives, which I hear is 5.2 or later...
Nope, LTO-2 support arrived in 5.1.6.1. There are *serious* problems with
some of the 5.1.6 tree to the point where IBM actually yanked some code
after release; started to stabilize around .3 or .4; .5 is last in that
tree.
You can see LTO-2 support arrived in 5.1.6.1 by looking at:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/server/AIX/5.1.6.1/TSMSRVAIX5161.README.SRV
Do note that the initial release (5.1.6.1) with LTO-2 support didn't cover
the MVS or PASE platforms, if you run either of these two platforms.
> I have the 5.0 media.
>
> Are all the versions between 5.0 and 5.2.x downloadable, or is there another
> step that requires a media set?
Don't know about 5.0... but we got 5.1, and all 5.1.x.x versions are freely
downloadable. 5.2.x.x stuff requires a 5.2 CD for the base filesets.
By 5.0, I think you mean 5.1? I don't think 5.0 was ever released. If you
do indeed mean 5.1, then you're in luck -- just upgrade to anything at or
between 5.1.7.0 and 5.1.8.2 (latest 5.1 release).
To get the fixes of any TSM version for any client or server on any platform:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/
TSM server patches would be in the 'server' subdirectory of the above URL.
Then pick your server OS platform, then desired server version, and then
download the actual file containing patches.
> What is the oldest/most stable version that understands LTO Gen 2?
I'd say 5.1.7.0 or so... but we've had no problems with 5.1.8.0 and in
fact, somewhere in 5.1.7.x or 5.1.8.0 fixes an annoying thread message that
used to appear in the actlog for every single backup session.
5.1.8.0 fixes a serious security hole; IBM **strongly** advises all 5.1
customers to run at least this rev for that reason. (There are also patched
versions of 4.2.x and 5.2.x for this hole as well.)
> Is anyone else out there running TSM/ACSLS/STK library/IBM Gen2 drives?
Nope, we use the 3584 with Gen 1 LTO drives, for what it's worth.
-Dan
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