Thanks for that link, I am more worried about any "gotcha's" caused by upgrading the client to 7.1.8 or 8.1.2 before the storage servers get upgraded (and start using the new authentication). What I had not realized until I saw the chart is that the new clients are NOT backward compatible with old storage servers (which doesn't really affect me since we have those all at 7.1.7.2 now).
*IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT CLIENT SUPPORT* includes the Backup-Archive, API, UNIX HSM, and Web clients that are compatible with, and currently supported with, IBM Spectrum Protect Servers and Storage Agents. *IBM Spectrum Protect* *Client Version* *Supported IBM Spectrum Protect* *Server and Storage Agent Versions* 8.1.2 8.1, 7.1 8.1.0 8.1, 7.1, 6.3.x 1 7.1.8 8.1, 7.1 7.1 8.1, 7.1, 6.3.x 1 6.4 1 8.1, 7.1, 6.3.x 1 6.3 1, 2 8.1, 7.1, 6.3.x 1 On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:42 PM, Skylar Thompson <skyl...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > There's pretty wide version compatibility between clients and servers; we > didn't go v7 server-side until pretty recently but have been running the v7 > client for a while. IBM has a matrix published here: > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 > > For basic backups and restores I think you can deviate even more, but > obviously you won't get support. > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 03:14:24PM -0500, Tom Alverson wrote: > > Our TSM storage servers were all upgraded last year to 7.1.7.2 (before > this > > new security update came out). Now I am wondering if I should start > using > > the updated client or not? If the servers stay at 7.1.7.2 for now is > > there any harm in using the newer client? I would have to use 7.1.8.0 on > > anything older than 2012. I saw some email traffic earlier that once you > > use the new authentication mode on a node you can't go back? But it > seems > > that would not be possible until our storage servers get upgraded. > > > > Is there any downside in my case (where the storage servers are still at > > 7.1.7.2) of using the latest client versions in the interim?? Our > current > > standard client versions now are 7.1.6.4 for 2008 and older, and 8.1.0.0 > > (yes the horrible buggy one) on newer servers. > > > > Tom > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine >
