Hello Roger, We were suffering a lot from TSM Client 6.1. We started from 6.1.0.0, then upgraded to 6.1.0.2 --> 6.1.2.0 --> 6.1.3.0.
I have seen a lot of different problems whith these versions, but I never have problems with Java. We have mainly 32/64 bit Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise/Standard Edition and AIX. GUI in Windows is working fine with Java, provided on TSM Client CD. dsmj under AIX is definately slow, but I have recommended users to use WEB Client for the both Windows and AIX. Actually after upgrading TSM Client to 6.1.3 there are no complaints from users. I do not know, maybe reported problems are visable for quite new Windows 2008 and Windows 7. As far as I understand only TSM Client 6.1.3 is certified for these operating systems. I do not think it will be easy to reduce TSM Client version from 6.1.X to 5.5.5. So try to go forward. Good luck! Grigori ________________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Deschner [rog...@uic.edu] Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 6:17 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Trouble with Java GUI on Windows As people start installing Version 6.1 clients, we're starting to get a lot of problems and complaints about the new Java GUI Client. 1. If you don't have your Java configuration just right, it won't work at all. I've gotten quite tired of coaching users through untangling their Java setups which were imposed upon them by some other Java app. I thought the idea of Java was to make things less dependent on the underlying environment of OS, drivers, and hardware, but it's the opposite. It's really very delicate, and dependent on everything else. 2. It's sloooooow. So slow on many systems that you don't know if you clicked on something or not, so you click again. Bad things can happen when you do this. Even if nothing bad happens, it is still maddeningly sluggish. Twice the time to go through a wizard, such as to set up a scheduler. This is on a pretty fast new-ish machine running Vista Pro, as well as on an older XP machine, and a brand-new Win7 netbook. So I'm about to alter our installation scripts and documentation to create shortcuts to dsmmfc.exe - the old native non-Java GUI. Until I get this ironed out, we are only recommending the v6.1 client for Windows 7 users. We eagerly await the promised availability in 1H2010 of a v5.5 client that supports Windows 7. In the V6 client, IBM should continue to support dsmmfc.exe and update it as new features are added, perhaps even making it the default GUI client again. It just simply works better. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ====================== "Java" is a 4-letter word ======================= Please consider the environment before printing this Email. ________________________________ "This email message and any attachments transmitted with it may contain confidential and proprietary information, intended only for the named recipient(s). If you have received this message in error, or if you are not the named recipient(s), please delete this email after notifying the sender immediately. BKME cannot guarantee the integrity of this communication and accepts no liability for any damage caused by this email or its attachments due to viruses, any other defects, interception or unauthorized modification. The information, views, opinions and comments of this message are those of the individual and not necessarily endorsed by BKME."
