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.Prather AT icfi DOT 
com>wrote:

> I agree it shouldn't be that way.
> Anybody ever put in an RFE for that?
>
>
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> 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*"
>
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