We ran multiple 5.5 library clients to both 6.1 and 6.2 library managers for a few years with no issues. All TSM servers are RH Linux.
As other folks have reminded me 'Not supported does not necessarily mean it doesn't work' ------------- Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services [email protected] - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html On Oct 9, 2013 8:04 AM, "Steven Harris" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > I've painted myself into a corner. > > I have a customer with TSM V5.5.6 and V6.2.4 instances hosted on AIX. > > The original plan was to move the clients one at a time off V5 and onto v6. > The V5 database is too big to convert, and as the instance is over 10 > years old I fully expect it to have database issues that may make a > conversion difficult. > > The customer sees this as essentially wasted work and wants me to implement > TSM for VE as quickly as possible since most of those V5 clients are (now) > virtualized Windows and Linux boxes. > > There are dual sites with TS3500s and TSS1120/1140 drives, with a library > manager on each. I'd be mad to install anything other than TSM for VE at > 6.4, so I'll need the TSM for VE instance to be 6.3.4. This forces the > library manager to also be 6.3.4, but library manager/library client is > only supported at n+1, so the V5 library client is not supported with the > 6.3.4 library manager. > > It really would be a better option to go straight to TSM for VE if that can > be done. > > Is anyone out there successfully running V5 lib client against V6.3 lib > manager? Anyone got horror stories to tell? > > Thanks > > Steve > > Steven Harris > TSM Admin > Canberra Australia >
