This just means it is not supported in 8.1. Microsoft isn't releasing anything new on these OSes either and TSM 7.1 (with xp and 2008 support) will still be around for quite a while. I remember carrying around win2003 for a long long time on TSM 6.3 (which is still supported by the way)
-Shawn On Dec 12, 2016, 11:15 AM -0500, Rainer Tammer <t...@spg.schulergroup.com>, wrote: > Hello, > The new support matrix is a BIG joke!!!! > Dropping support for Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2????!!!!! > > Bye > Rainer Tammer > > On 12.12.2016 16:18, Martin Janosik wrote: > > I'm also a bit nervous and curoius at the same time about discontinued > > functions, namely: > > Online system state restores - You can no longer restore the system state > > on a system that is online. Instead, use the Automated System Recovery > > (ASR) based recovery method to restore the system state in offline Windows > > Preinstallation Environment (PE) mode. > > and > > The following operating systems are no longer supported by the > > backup-archive client: > > Linux on Power Systems™ (big endian). You can still use the IBM Spectrum > > Protect API on Linux on Power Systems (big endian). > > > > What is the idea behind "to be competive with x86 platform and get > > compativility certification for SAP HANA with Linux on Power platform (Big > > Endian)" (ref. > > https://blogs.saphana.com/2015/08/21/announcing-general-availability-of-sap-hana-on-ibm-power-systems/ > > ) and then 1.5 year later drop support of BAclient for OS"? > > > > We deployed 10+ big SAP HANA on Power8 instances last year, and now we will > > be getting "not supported" for new releases? > > > > M. Janosik > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 12/09/2016 > > 02:45:34 PM: > > > > > From: Chavdar Cholev <chavdar.cho...@gmail.com > > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > Date: 12/09/2016 02:47 PM > > > Subject: [ADSM-L] ISP 81 Discontinued functions > > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > > > > > Does some one check discontinued functions in new version... > > > especially part of no VM backup as standard function in BA client.... > > > It is not good at all. TDP for Virtual environment for hyper-V creats > > diff > > > hdds (.avhdx) > > > and my customers will not be happy with this, because you have to merge > > > these file, > > > when you need to expand .vhdx disk for example .... > > > > > > :( > > > Regards > > > Cahvdar > > > > >
