I have found a few Windows 2003 Servers with TSM 6.4.0 Clients on our TSM 
Server. Fast restore test using WEB Client shows everything is fine.
Are you sure "unsupported" means "not working"?

Grigori Solonovitch, Senior Systems Architect, IT, Ahli United Bank Kuwait, 
www.ahliunited.com.kw


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Steven Harris
Sent: 17 09 2013 11:59 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows Clients and Non-Supported OS Levels

Of course those of us with long memories will remember that *exactly the same 
thing* happened with Windows 2000 and 5.4 client.

In that case you didn't realize there was a problem until you tried a restore.

Have they tried one Zoltan?

Regards

Steve

Steven Harris
TSM Admin
Canberra Australia

On 17/09/2013 6:45 AM, Alex Paschal wrote:
> I can definitely understand the gripe.  However, I think I should have
> the option of installing something in an unsupported fashion, if I
> that's how the risk/reward equation balances out for me.
>
> For those submitting RFEs, please consider also mentioning a
> "--unsupported" or "--noprereqcheck" for folks who have absolutely
> have no other choice.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 9/16/2013 8:23 AM, Prather, Wanda 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 AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
>> Of Zoltan Forray
>> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 9:34 AM
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT 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*
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