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Re: [ADSM-L] SV: [ADSM-L] V7 Stable?

2014-04-04 06:11:56
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] SV: [ADSM-L] V7 Stable?
From: Karel Bos <tsm.wad AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:10:05 +0200
Bit more background.

Policy at our firm is nvr run base or interem fix pack lvl in production.
Wait for 1st fix pack. No fix pack available.

Of course we do want 7.1 asap so we tested it. And,  pretty much as
expected, the upgrade from v6.3 on our test environment ran into issues.
Apparently during the upgrade of the tsm database part diskspace checking
(on mounted disk) works not as intended. Tool couple of days with tivoli
support to find that out. Pretty easy to reproduce so delivering logs was
no issue.  Should be fixed in higher lvl.

Friend from different firm tried to upgrade some other (production)
environment and also ran into upgrade issues causing him to have to roll
back.

As my production environment are all active-active clusters and the upgrade
process is still too much of a gamble we have made an adjustment to our
2014 road map. Instead of going to 7.1 we upgrade to 6.4 and check out 7.1
later this year.

Kind regards,

Karel
Op 4 apr. 2014 11:18 schreef "Marcel Anthonijsz" <marcel AT anthonijsz DOT net>:

> Running 7.1 on multiple sites now, on Windows 2008R2, 2012 and Linux
> without any problems. Dedup, Node replication and node failover working
> great.
> TDP for VE with dedup and compression is impressive, needed for remote
> location backup where the line is only 100Mbit.
>
> Operations Center on 7.1 is a major improvement too, since you can set
> risk settings per node.
> I've been told 6.3.4.300 contains performance improvements regarding
> deduplication that did not make it in 7.1.0, but so far we have not seen
> any problems with 7.1.
> And since 7.1.1 schedule is target end of 3Q2014, I would not wait for it
> but benefit now. You can manage 6.3.4 TSM servers with OC 7.1 too if your
> hub server is 7.1.
> So upgrade one server to 7.1 and manage the rest as spokes.
>
> So I am very curious why Karel says "don't". Could you please explain,
> Karel?
> What problems are you seeing or having?
>
>
>
> 2014-04-03 18:17 GMT+02:00 Dan Fredén <dan.freden AT datacenter DOT se>:
>
> > We have been running 7.1 for a while now, Windows-based. No issues at
> all.
> > Operations center is nice too..
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > Från: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] För 
> > Matthew
> > McGeary
> > Skickat: den 3 april 2014 18:08
> > Till: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Ämne: Re: [ADSM-L] V7 Stable?
> >
> > I just did an update to 7.1 from 6.2 on a small Windows-based TSM server.
> > No drama or issues here.
> >
> > Matthew McGeary
> > Technical Specialist
> > PotashCorp - Saskatoon
> > 306.933.8921
> >
> >
> >
> > From:   "Ryder, Michael S" <michael_s.ryder AT ROCHE DOT COM>
> > To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date:   04/03/2014 10:06 AM
> > Subject:        Re: [ADSM-L] V7 Stable?
> > Sent by:        "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Karel Bos <tsm.wad AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > > Don't,  just don't do 7.1 just yet.
> > > Op 3 apr. 2014 15:09 schreef "Huebner, Andy"
> > <andy.huebner AT novartis DOT com>:
> > >
> > >
> > Well THAT'S a cliff-hanger -- could you describe your experiences with
> 7.1
> > and why we shouldn't?
> >
> > Mike
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Kind Regards, Groetje,
>
> Marcel Anthonijsz
> T: +31(0)299-776768
> M:+31(0)6-53421341
>