I agree Zoltan, it's very specific and I too would like for IBM to explain what the reasoning behind the warning is. Personally, I suspect it's a cover your *** type of deal, with that many releases of so many different kind of clients floating around I would kind of understand the reasoning behind something like that.
On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Zoltan Forray <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with both of your responses that it should not be an issue and the > "compatibility" page says it should be good as far as server/client levels > go. But since the docs have the very specific warning about upgrading the > servers to 8.1.2 before clients or *"If you do not upgrade your servers > first, communication between servers and clients might be interrupted."*, I > felt I should ask for empirical evidence that it wont cause problems. The > warning was not specific on what kinds of communications problems to expect > or if/how they can be addresses if someone decides to download and upgrade > their client simply based on the "yes, 7.1 servers are compatible with 8.1 > clients" document and didn't see the warning I read. > > Perhaps it is due to TLS 1.2 now turned ON by default. Either way, more > details/specifics from IBM would be helpful. > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 4:21 AM, Stefan Folkerts < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > I agree with Eric and I have 8.2 VE setups connected to 7.1 servers at > > multiple sites, i've never seen any issues. I do find the documentation > > strange if it say's you need to upgrade your clients before upgrading the > > server. The only thing that makes sense to me is client-side dedup with > > compression, for that you want your clients on the latest level otherwise > > the compression isn't compatible with the server compression and you > don't > > get optimal results. > > > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Nor with up-leveled clients by the way, which is the case here. > > > Kind regards, > > > Eric van Loon > > > Air France/KLM Storage Engineering > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM > > > Sent: woensdag 23 augustus 2017 9:15 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: 8.1.2 client and 7.1.7 servers > > > > > > Hi Zoltan! > > > The page http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 > shows > > > that the SP 8.1.2 client is supported with all 8.1 and 7.1 servers. I > > have > > > never encountered issues with down-leveled clients in my 20+ years of > TSM > > > history. > > > Kind regards, > > > Eric van Loon > > > Air France/KLM Storage Engineering > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > > > Zoltan Forray > > > Sent: dinsdag 22 augustus 2017 15:03 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: 8.1.2 client and 7.1.7 servers > > > > > > Has anyone tried using the latest 8.1.2 clients with 7.1.7 servers? I > > > haven't had the chance to test such a configuration (since my lone test > > > server is at 8.1.1) and with the dire-warnings in the readme docs, I > made > > > sure everyone on my staff knows to NOT install 8.1.2 clients. > > > > > > From the readme/docs: > > > > > > Upgrade your IBM Spectrum Protect™ servers to Version 8.1.2 before you > > > upgrade the backup-archive clients. > > > > > > > > > > > > If you do not upgrade your servers first, communication between servers > > > and clients might be interrupted. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Zoltan Forray* > > > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. 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