Why?? IMHO we have this since v4.1. But there the only available storage agent is for NT. Anyway this is what he/she (sorry I cannot guess from the name) is looking for. Look what I have in my v4.1 Managed System for SAN Storage Agent User's Guide, Overview, Prerequisites: "The TSM server must be at the Version 4.1 or higher level. At the time of publication, the TSM servers available for the Windows, AIX, and Sun Solaris operating systems support the Managed System for SAN feature. " So any v4.1 or above (including v4.1.2 in question) server for platforms cited should work. If I remember it well I read somewhere that the server and the storage agent have to be at same maintenance level. I am not sure in this and hope someone from IBM/Tivoli will point if I am wrong. The question how this can be achieved with 4.1.4.x server and 4.1.3.x storage agent gives additional uncertainness. In the User's Guides for all three v4.2 Storage Agents the required server is v4.2 ! Is any of the combinations v4.2 Server / v4.1 Agent or v4.1 Server / v4.2 Agent capable to work is giving us another enigma: How to upgrade v4.1 installation to v4.2. The latter combination is not supported according to docs. And if the former also does not work (despite the fact that this has to be supported according to docs) the upgrade path is either simultaneous upgrade of the server(s) and storage agents or through loss of LAN-free functionality until upgrade completes. So be careful.
Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Chris Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02.11.2001 21:30:55 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: LAN free backup for NT A requirement for LAN-Free is that you are running TSM server version 4.2.1 or later. Christopher S. Young Senior System Engineer Gresham Enterprise Storage www.greshamstorage.com Office: 303.413.1799 x 205 Mobile: 303.717.2745 -----Original Message----- From: Leijnse, Finn F SITI-ISES-31 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LAN free backup for NT Hello, I want to start testing with LAN free for NT but I have to choose between several TSM backup servers. Can someone tell me if a backup server with TSM V4.1 level 2.0 can handle the LAN free backup? > met vriendelijke groeten, regards et salutations, > > Finn Leijnse > ISES/31 - Central Data Storage Management > Shell Services International bv. >
