Easy, most all of the 32bit boxes we have left are so because of
Vendor\App requirements.  I know what you're saying is true, but there
are "vendors" who for some reason haven't realized it up until very
recently, including IBM.  The TKLM servers we run would NOT install on a
64bit RHEL server, I had to back them down to 32 bit.  Now that they're
there I'm not sure I can convert over to a 64bit OS.  There are other
apps/vendors in similar setups.
For me, as long as the 6.2 client works, I'm good.  And, like you I am
glad to see a true 64 bit client for Linux, my problem is that they can
continue to support Vista at 32 bit, and yet not Linux at that same
level.


See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!


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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-----
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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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