The 5.3 clients still work.  (Just like your 5.1 and 5.2 clients).
But they are not "supported".

The term "supported" has 2 meanings - the colloquial meaning is that if the
software is "supported", it works on the given platform.

"Supported" for Tivoli software means something more stringent - "supported"
means the software works, and if you have a problem you can report it and
IBM will open a problem ticket and investigate/try to fix it.

Servers and clients prior to 5.4 are no longer "supported" by Tivoli. (there
is an exemption for the last 5.3 WIn2K client, which is another discussion)
They still work.  But if you want Tivoli to help you with a problem at the
unsupported levels, the answer is no, unless you contract for $pecial
$upport.


On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Minns, Farren - Chichester <
fminns AT wiley DOT com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I'm still running TSM 5.4 on Solaris and need to move to 5.5.
>
> I have been looking at the Server/Client Compatibility matrix and am still
> a little unclear what is supported. I have always been used to the idea that
> two levels back for client code should be ok. Is this still the case? i.e. I
> have a lot of 5.3 clients and I need to know if they will still work, and/or
> if they are supported?
>
> Anyone know the answer to this?
>
> I also have a handful of 5.1 and 5.2 clients that I know I will have to
> deal with :-(
>
> Thanks
>
> Farren
>
>
>
>
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