Mehdi,
  I forgot to speak to your second solution.  If you read the ADSM-L
listserv regularly, you will probably know that customers are still
having significant problems in TSM 6.1.  Unless you really need a 6.1
feature and just can't wait, you are probably better off staying on the
more stable versions.
  We still have a group of ten TSM 5.4.3 servers (running on AIX 5.3) in
production, and together they back up about 15TB a day, and they are
extremely solid and reliable.   So even though some people just have to
be on the latest version because it makes them feel like studs, I will
choose proven and reliable any day.
 
Best Regards,

John D. Schneider
The Computer Coaching Community, LLC
Office: (314) 635-5424 / Toll Free: (866) 796-9226
Cell: (314) 750-8721

 
 
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 5.4 or 6.1
From: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.support AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Sat, October 10, 2009 8:04 am
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU

One of our customers is planning to buy TSM for their AIX 5.2 systems.
The
problem is that the newest version of TSM what supports AIX 5.2 is TSM
5.4.
Two solutions:
- upgrade AIX systems to 5.3 or 6.1
- forget about TSM 6.1 and use TSM 5.4
You know the application side people are unwilling to move their
environment. I am looking for convincing highlights to motivate them to
upgrade their operating systems instead of downgrading TSM side. What
features of TSM 6.1 do you think could be interesting from executive's
point
of view?