In cases such as this, it is much more advisable to go the full
uninstall-reinstall route (after as you say, backing up the required files).
Duplicate entries in the registry under Control Panel, more then once also
refer to duplicate entries elswhere, so it's more then just a cosmetic.
Where it comes to such stuff, go the long way allways.
That's what I do.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Behrens [SMTP:behrens-2 AT MEDCTR.OSU DOT EDU]
> Sent: ä îøõ 22 2001 15:32
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: WinNT Client Upgrade - Overwrite or Uninstall/Reinstall
>
> Please excuse if this is obvious - several archive searches turned up
> nothing, and I didn't see a reference in Richard Sims' Quick Facts.
>
> Relevant Installation Info:
> TSM Server 4.1.1.0 on AIX 4.3.3
> WinNT Clients: TSM Client 4.1.1.0 on Intel NT 4.0 SP5 or SP6
>
> Goal: Upgrade of WinNT TSM Clients from 4.1.1.0 to 4.1.2.12
> to handle DST problem before April 1 (avoiding 4.1.1.16 because
> of potential memory-leak problem (IC28969))
>
> If I install the 4.1.2.12 client over the top of the existing 4.1.1.0
> client,
> then I end up with two 'Tivoli Storage Manager Client' entries in the
> 'Control Panel-->Add/Remove Programs' (and duplicate entries for the
> two installed products in the Registry as might be expected).
>
> The 'Installing the Clients' manual, Version 4.1, Chapter 4. has a
> section, 'Reinstalling the Client' , which implies that if you are
> installing
> to the same location, you can just install over the top of the previous
> version with no uninstall required. I want to provide our NT sysadmins
> a straight-forward procedure for doing this upgrade, and don't know
> whether to suggest an uninstall-reinstall (ensuring that they have
> a backup of the dsm.opt and dsmsched.log), or just have them
> do an install over the top of the existing client (and put the footnote
> about the duplicate registry entries in the 'Book of Who Cares'.)
> Any thoughts on best practices? Thanks, Scott Behrens
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