The life cycle page that Zoltan cited represents our official EOS statements, and is the authoritative place for that info. If no EOS date is listed on the life cycle, then it hasn't been announced yet.
The statement you are referring to: > TSM 5.5 clients will be supported with TSM 6.3 servers and > storage agents during the upgrade of TSM 5.5 servers to TSM > 6.3, through September 30, 2013. Support extensions will be > required after that. is not an EOS statement, unofficial or otherwise. Background: At GA, the TSM 6.3 server was officially supported only with 6.2 and 6.1 clients. 5.5 clients were not supported with the 6.3 server. However, we subsequently decided to offer "limited time" support of 5.5 clients with the 6.3 server to make it easier for users to go to the TSM 6.3 server without having to immediately upgrade the clients that are still at 5.5. The web page you cited does not discuss EOS. Rather, it describes the combinations of TSM client and server/storage agents that are supported with respect to each other. That is, The TSM 5.5 client is supported for use with the TSM 6.3 server until September 2013. After that, this combination is no longer supported (unless you purchase a support extension to continue support for that combination). Otherwise the TSM 5.5 client will continue to be supported with the 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 server until EOS is announced on the life cycle page. I hope this helps clear up the confusion. Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [email protected] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support pages: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/tivolidoccentral/Tivoli +Storage+Manager https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli +Storage+Manager/page/Home "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2013-03-27 03:44:00: > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 2013-03-27 03:46 > Subject: Re: Windows 2012 and TSM 5.5 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Zoltan, thanks for the Windows 2012 info. > > About the 5.5 EOS thing. On this page > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 > > I saw this > > * = TSM 5.5 clients will be supported with TSM 6.3 servers and > storage agents during the upgrade of TSM 5.5 servers to TSM 6.3, > through September 30, 2013. Support extensions will be required after that. > > Looked to me like a unofficial EOS notice. > > Regards, > > Tuncel > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Zoltan Forray > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows 2012 and TSM 5.5 > > From this page: > > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/lifecycle/ > > I don't see an EOS for 5.5 - just 5.4 and older > > Yes you are correct about the issue of "needing" a higher than 5.5 version > of a TSM server for the 6.3+ clients. That being said, I had folks that > installed both 6.3 and 6.4 clients on W2K3 and W2K8 servers and backed up > to a 5.5 server, with no problems we are aware of. Yes, it isn't a > supported configuration but if you don't have a choice, what do you do? > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:31 AM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I just wanted to confirm two things: > > > > 1. Windows 2012 is supported from client 6.3.1, which is supported from > > server 6.1 (but no 5.5 server), correct ? > > 2. TSM 5.5 Extended edition EOS I coulnt't see on the EOS page, but on the > > pages where I took the above info I saw EOS 30 September 2013 for TSM 5.5, > > is it correct ? > > > > Regards, > > > > Tuncel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Değerli görüş ve önerilerinizi internet sayfamızdaki Bize Ulaşın > > bölümünden iletebilirsiniz. > > Bu e-posta ve muhtemel eklerinde verilen bilgiler kişiye özel ve gizli > > olup, yalnızca mesajda belirlenen alıcı ile ilgilidir. 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