That is pretty much what I did. This was my response to them: *Like I said, any client 6.4.0.1 and higher WILL NOT install on a W2K3 box! You are stuck/screwed. Your choices are:* * * *1. Upgrade the OS to 2008+* *2. Replace (uninstall/reinstall) client with highest supported client (6.3.1.2) - requires complete/full/start-all-over-again backup (delete existing backups) since you can't downlevel the client* *3. Live with it!* * * However, unless I missed something, I don't think the APAR blocks install on W2K3 until 6.4.1. On this page ( http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21608346), IC89603 is listed under "*Interim fix 6.4.0.1 - Available January 31, 2013*" yet I have two installed 6.4.0.11 clients on W2K3 servers/systems.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Schaub, Steve <steve_sch...@bcbst.com>wrote: > Easy - tell the Windows Engineers to upgrade the O/S to W2K8-R2 on all the > servers they installed TSM 6.4 on! > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Zoltan Forray > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 11:57 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels > > Well, now I have the user/administrator asking if they can/should upgrade > the 6.4.0.0 client (and how-high)? Can't really back down since this > server has 21TB / 26M objects in backup. It would require starting all > over from scratch. > > Of course, since 6.4.0.1 now detects the OS level and prevents it from > being installed on W2K3 boxes, I am guessing they are stuck! > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Prather, Wanda <wanda.prat...@icfi.com > >wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > *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 > ----------------------------------------------------- > Please see the following link for the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee > E-mail disclaimer: http://www.bcbst.com/email_disclaimer.shtm > -- *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
