Thanks Andy! !Will save me generating another RFE..!.)
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 11:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels I have the same gripe myself. ;-) For that reason APAR IC89603 was opened to prevent later 6.4 levels from being installable on Windows 2003, and this is something we will pay more attention to in future. Best regards, - Andy ____________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Raibeck | Tivoli Storage Manager Level 3 Technical Lead | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager Online documentation: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli +Documentation+Central/page/Tivoli+Storage+Manager Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli +Storage+Manager/page/Home "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> wrote on 2013-09-16 11:23:35: > From: "Prather, Wanda" <wanda.prat...@icfi.com> > To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu, > Date: 2013-09-16 11:24 > Subject: Re: Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels Sent by: > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> > > I agree it shouldn't be that way. > Anybody ever put in an RFE for that? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf > Of Zoltan Forray > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 9:34 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels > > This is mostly a gripe at IBM.......... > > Why do the Windows clients allow themselves to be installed on non- > supported OS/levels? or at least issue warnings? > > My Windows folks (yes, they are being lazy and not reading all the > readme/docs), are constantly installing miss-matched/not supported > clients (i.e. 6.4 on W2K3 servers, which is not supported per > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21197133). Then of > course, they can not be downleveled. > > When someone contacts me about issues with their client/backups and I > say "not supported combination of OS and TSM client level", their > response is, " > *then why did it let me install it if it isn't supported on this OS*" > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > 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 >
