Hi all, I called Tivoli Support and asked them which is the most SAFEST, less BUGGY verion to go to. They said 5.1.1.0. That where we are going to upgrade too.
DavePearson > -----Original Message----- > From: bbullock [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: TSM version 5 > > We are in the process of moving our 8 TSM servers from the > "very-stable,I-never-wanna-change" Version 4.1.4.0, to the > "it-scares-me-to-death-to-change" Version 5. > > FYI, we have 8 TSM servers running on AIX 4.3.3 ML10, ~800 clients > (NT, AIX, Solaris, Linux & VMS) running with TSM client levels anywhere > from > 2.1 to 5.1, with the majority of them at version 4.1 and 4.2. > > We are being "motivated" to move to a newer version so we're on a > supported version and because there are new features that our NT admins > want > to exploit. > > So, my logic went like this: > 4.2.* - Way to buggy, not ~even~ going to go there. > 5.1.0.0 - First version, too buggy. > 5.1.5.0 - Seems to re-introduce previously fixed bugs. > 5.1.1.6 - I don't like to install patches (as opposed to > maintenance > levels) unless I encounter a bug. > > So, that lead me to install 5.1.1.0 on my TSM servers. > > I'm rolling out the "4.1.4.0 to 5.1.1.0 upgrade" gradually, just > in > case I encounter a big gotcha. As of today, I have upgraded 5 of the 8 > servers,(doing about 1/week). > > Things seem to be good so far. I'm keeping an eye on the "SYSTEM > OBJECTS" on the NT hosts, but they seem to be stable and not growing any > larger, (but I'm going to keep an eye on that one). Also, the clients > don't > seem to be reporting any more errors than usual. No errors on the "expire > inventory" that I can see. > > I'm kinda thinking that I dodged a bullet and it won't be as > painful > as I thought this was going to be. It's quiet... perhaps a little ~too~ > quiet... (roll scary music... queue scary bug...) ;-) > > Once we are comfortable with the TSM servers at 5.1.1.0, we will > start to upgrade the client software. > > Ben > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Luciano Ariceto [mailto:Luciano.Ariceto@;IPAPERBR.COM] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TSM version 5 > > > Hi > > I would like to know about TSM version 5 (good or bad things). Nowadays we > are running version 4.1 and we are planning move to v5. If you have any > comments or experince about it I will appreciate. > > Thanks a advanced > > Luciano Ariceto > Technical Support > International Paper do Brasil Ltda.
