Thanks Andy!
!Will save me generating another RFE..!.)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Andrew Raibeck
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 11:32 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels

I have the same gripe myself. ;-) For that reason APAR IC89603 was opened to 
prevent later 6.4 levels from being installable on Windows 2003, and this is 
something we will pay more attention to in future.

Best regards,

- Andy

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 2013-09-16
11:23:35:

> From: "Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT ICFI DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu,
> Date: 2013-09-16 11:24
> Subject: Re: Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels Sent by: 
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>
> I agree it shouldn't be that way.
> Anybody ever put in an RFE for that?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Zoltan Forray
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 9:34 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels
>
> This is mostly a gripe at IBM..........
>
> Why do the Windows clients allow themselves to be installed on non- 
> supported OS/levels? or at least issue warnings?
>
> My Windows folks (yes, they are being lazy and not reading all the 
> readme/docs), are constantly installing miss-matched/not supported 
> clients (i.e. 6.4 on W2K3 servers, which is not supported per 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21197133).  Then of 
> course, they can not be  downleveled.
>
> When someone contacts me about issues with their client/backups and I 
> say "not supported combination of OS and TSM client level", their 
> response is, "
> *then why did it let me install it if it isn't supported on this OS*"
>
> --
> *Zoltan Forray*
> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> UCC/Office of Technology Services
> zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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