I never said unsupported means not working. We have quite a few not
supported clients because we don't have a choice, i. e. IRIX clients at 5.1
backing up to 6.3 servers. But if problems arise, there is little we can
do to troubleshoot or ask for support.
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On Sep 17, 2013 5:07 AM, "Grigori Solonovitch" <
Grigori.Solonovitch AT ahliunited DOT com> wrote:
> I have found a few Windows 2003 Servers with TSM 6.4.0 Clients on our TSM
> Server. Fast restore test using WEB Client shows everything is fine.
> Are you sure "unsupported" means "not working"?
>
> Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank
> Kuwait, www.ahliunited.com.kw
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of
> Steven Harris
> Sent: 17 09 2013 11:59 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels
>
> Of course those of us with long memories will remember that *exactly the
> same thing* happened with Windows 2000 and 5.4 client.
>
> In that case you didn't realize there was a problem until you tried a
> restore.
>
> Have they tried one Zoltan?
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
>
> Steven Harris
> TSM Admin
> Canberra Australia
>
> On 17/09/2013 6:45 AM, Alex Paschal wrote:
> > I can definitely understand the gripe. However, I think I should have
> > the option of installing something in an unsupported fashion, if I
> > that's how the risk/reward equation balances out for me.
> >
> > For those submitting RFEs, please consider also mentioning a
> > "--unsupported" or "--noprereqcheck" for folks who have absolutely
> > have no other choice.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On 9/16/2013 8:23 AM, Prather, Wanda wrote:
> >> 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
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