Well, if you still have Windows NT 4.0 machines, there ISN"T a client
later than 5.1.8!  It's not like you have a choice.

We have a few Windows NT 4.0 machines still running 5.1.7, and in fact
some Win2K clients still running 4.2.
No problems.  You just don't get any of the new 5.3 features.

I haven't heard of anyone having problems with connecting older clients,
even some VERY old Solaris V3 clients.  You are just getting the
standard disclaimer from IBM.

On the other hand, if you are running Win2003, TSM doesn't support the
backup of the system state correctly until at least 5.2.3, and you
BETTER get a 5.3 client installed.


Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)





-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Mochnaczewski
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:33 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Client versions and TSM 5.2.6.4/5.3


Hi Everybody,

Has anyone run into any issues with using 5.1.5 clients connecting to
TSM 5.2.6.4 or 5.3 ? I read the IBM website and I know 5.1.5 clients are
not supported but they may work. When I called IBM they said that these
clients may work but once you run into problems the only help they can
give is to advise us to upgrade the client version.

Rich