My spin is don’t use any new server feature for 2 years unless you really cannot do without it.
New features imply new bugs. Most TSM shops do not have a true test environment, and even if they do a lot of these problems only appear when you have a lot of data. Example: the dedup corruption bugs that only surfaced after a while. My 2cents Steve Steven Harris TSM Admin/Consultant Canberra Australia -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray Sent: Wednesday, 15 February 2017 6:23 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 7.1.7.1 I agree. I did not mean to imply I immediately rush out and put on the patch release if it doesn't address something I am specifically looking for. But even that doesn't always work. For instance, replication is still very problematic. When we first tried setting up replication under 6.3.5.100, we had constant problems/failures. I had one server so screwed up after the initial replication, it refused to run any replication. Then 6.3.6.000 came out with tons of fixes addressing replication issues, including a few I had experienced and needed the fix for. Unfortunately, after upgrading one server, I was one of the few who starting experiencing never-ending expiration runs. But replication was better on this server. Just couldn't run expire inventory. Now with 7.1.6.3, replication is a lot better. I can actually run most replications on a daily basis. But I still have replications issues / failures on an almost daily basis that require hand-fixing. So, yes I am looking at 7.1.7.x in hopes it fixes replication issues I am seeing, but unless there is a specific fix - I won't rush to install it. On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Now that the first major patch/update is out, time to play with > > 7.1.7 and wait for first patches for 8.1. > > > > I wonder how many people look at the releases like that. > I always try to stick with a.b.c.0 releases unless the interim release > (ie > a.b.c.100) fixes a *specific *issue we are seeing. > The patch versions are interim fixes and IBM states (in the readme > even) that they put these releases thru very limited testing. > So we keep running 7.1.7.0 unless 7.1.7.100 fixes a specific issue we > see at a specific site or we wait for 7.1.8 to be released that has > been more extensively tested and contains all the 7.1.7.100 fixes (and more). > We would never run the a.b.0.0 release for production and always wait > for the a.b.1.0 release, so 8.1.1.0 would be the first 8 version we > would be running. > > This only applies to the server, with the client we tend to be a > little more aggressive since features here have a bigger impact on > what the customer can or cannot use client wise. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 7:08 PM, Tom Alverson > > <tom.alver...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > We had a phone meeting with some IBM people last week and they > > > highly recommended we get the 7.1.7.1 update as we are in the > > > process of > > upgrading > > > some older 6.X storage server that are going EOL (next month). > > > They > did > > > not explain exactly what the fixes were. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 9:28 AM, David Ehresman < > > > david.ehres...@louisville.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > TSM server 7.1.7.1 is available. Does anyone know what > > > > changes/fixes > > it > > > > has compared to 7.1.7.0. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > > Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator Virginia > > Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services > > www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing > > victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email > > to request that you reply with your password, social security number > > or confidential personal information. For more details visit > > http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > > -- *Zoltan Forray* Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. 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