Based on this: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21302789 I installed a 6.3.4.0 library manager to handle a handful of 5.5.3.0 library clients. So far, the only issue we've had is our tape robot falling apart (unrelated).
- Cameron Hanover [email protected] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin On Oct 9, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Zoltan Forray <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>
