Note, the 6.1.2.0 client is out, which lists W2K8-R2 and W7 support.
From: Timothy Hughes <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 10/27/2009 01:31 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Problems with new install of V6.1.0.2 client on Windows 2008 x64 system Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> Hello, We have received requests to backup Windows 2008 64-bit R2 (These will be our first Windows 2008 Tivoli Clients) We are on a TSM 5.5.3 server. Clark, Margaret wrote: >Oh, and BTW... My favorite is that clients upgraded to 6.1.0.0 will fail because their previously-perfect option files contain references to SYSTEMSTATE. - Margaret Clark > >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU >Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:14 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Problems with new install of V6.1.0.2 client on Windows 2008 x64 system > >Actually, we figured it out and it had nothing to do with Java. > >It seems the new V6/all Java clients are very fragile when it comes to >errors in the DSM.OPT file. > >When I had the user run the CLI, from the menu, it would flash and quit >immediately. As soon as we ran DSMC manually, we saw the error (QUIET was >spelled QUITE). > >Correcting this fixed everything. > >I don't ever recall seeing this kind of failure in any of the preceding >client versions. > > > >From: >"Clark, Margaret" <[email protected]> >To: >[email protected] >Date: >10/26/2009 05:00 PM >Subject: >Re: [ADSM-L] Problems with new install of V6.1.0.2 client on Windows 2008 >x64 system >Sent by: >"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > > >I've seen the same thing, when the client had an old version of Java >loaded. > >- Margaret Clark > >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU >Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:30 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [ADSM-L] Problems with new install of V6.1.0.2 client on Windows >2008 x64 system > >Subject says almost "all of it". The only additional info I can add is >the error he is seeing in the DSMJ error log: > >10/26/2009 07:06:30: ANS1971E The remote client agent (dsmagent) could not >be started.Error executing dsmagent ! java.lang.NullPointerException >10/26/2009 07:31:59: ANS1971E The remote client agent (dsmagent) could not >be started.Error executing dsmagent ! java.lang.NullPointerException >10/26/2009 08:39:49: ANS1971E The remote client agent (dsmagent) could not >be started. > >The only hit I see that is even close is: > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&dc=DB550&uid=swg1IC61768&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en&rss=ct663other > > >which does talk about a v6.1.1.1 (still looking for it), eventhough this >is a NEW install, not an upgrade? > >Your thoughts? > >
