You have at least three options:
1. Brute force attack - make a statement or even block those nodes from
using the server.
2. Install Tivoli Software Distribution product and perform clients upgrade
by yourself (will it be easier? :-)
3. have a beer and leave as it is.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant





"Cook, Dwight E" <cookde AT BP DOT COM> on 01.08.2001 17:49:28
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Subject:        Thoughts on really old clients and newer servers...

My problem is the vast number of support groups across client machines...
getting them to do things :-/

Yes, I know looking at the support matrix we currently see things such as a
TSM 4.1 server works with TSM 3.7, 4.1, & 4.2 clients.

I'm thinking about the making a statement that I can NOT allow old clients
that aren't in the current support matrix to back up to my TSM Servers.

mainly to force folks into putting upgraded clients on their boxes but also
to keep those old clients from (in some unseen way) smoke'n my servers.

Thoughts ?

Any Tivoli folks want to touch this ?

Dwight