I guess it must be at 6.4.0.1+ since 6.4.0.0 is what is installed!


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Prather, Wanda <Wanda.Prather AT icfi DOT 
com>wrote:

> 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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