How so? Given the choice I would always install linux amd64/x86_64 if at all 
possible (and it almost always is on any hardware purchased in the past 5 years 
or so), even if I wouldn't need the 64 bit part for the application. For those 
few servers that are not 64-bit capable, TSM 5.5, 6.1 and 6.2 are all still 
fully supported. Even for 5.5 there is not even an announcement of an EOS 
date...

I for one are happy that IBM finally after so may years provides a native 64 
bit client for linux, relieving me of having to install a 32 bit runtime just 
for the backup client....


On 25 okt. 2011, at 17:44, Howard Coles wrote:

> Forgive me for coming late to the party, but:
> I see Win 2003 Server, and windows vista (both 32 and 64 bit) is
> supported, but we can't support 32 bit Linux boxes?  What kind of crap
> is that?
> If anyone from IBM is paying attention, you need to pick up 32 bit
> Linux, or risk alienating much of your customer base.  I know quite a
> few companies who are evaluating changes already, and these kinds of
> moves just give them another reason to do so.
> 
> 
> See Ya'
> Howard Coles Jr.
> John 3:16!
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Roger Deschner
> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 2:55 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM v63 is out there to download from the Passport
> Advantage page
> 
> That's wonderful. And the TSM 6.3 Mac client supports OSX 10.7 "Lion",
> which is important to us.
> 
> But there's plenty of rather bad news here. V6.3 servers and clients
> cannot interoperate with V5.5 clients and servers. So Mac Lion cannot
> back up to a V5.5 server. This also makes migration from V5.5 to V6.3 a
> lot harder, because a V5.5 server cannot be a Library Client to a V6.3
> Library Manager. The restriction that the Library Manager must be at the
> same or higher release level than all of its clients means we will have
> to completely eliminate all of our V5.5 TSM server instances before we
> can migrate any of our instances to V6.3. That's going to be hard.
> 
> V6.3 has dropped support for a number of client and server platforms
> that are still rather mainstream, such as AIX 5.3, Windows XP (still 50%
> of our clients), Windows Server 2003, any 32-bit Linux. See it all at:
> 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21243309
> 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21302789
> 
> Looks like we can't go beyond V6.2 for quite a while, except for a few
> V6.3 clients who will be restricted to our new V6.2 server that's
> currently in test mode.
> 
> IBM: Supporting V6.3 interoperablility with V5.5 would help a LOT, at
> least for some limited pain areas, such as Library Manager
> configurations, and an Apple Mac client that can run on OSX 10.7 "Lion"
> with a V5.5 server.
> 
> P.S. No documentation yet. The V6.3 infocenter is a broken link.
> 
> Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT 
> edu
>               Academic Computing & Communications Center
> 
> 
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Oscar Kolsteren wrote:
> 
>> Hi all, > > > >Don't know if this was already posted here, but TSM 63
> is now available >on the Passport Advantage page > > > >Best Regards, >
>> Oscar > > >
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