>>> On 2/3/2009 at 10:53 AM, David Boyes <[email protected]> wrote: > Background: > > Upgrading a system to current level. Have a vendor product that insists on > the installation of a backlevel component application that causes the > configuration and service management system to report errors in the > configuration. Vendor insists that the backlevel component is the only way, > but the errors cause problems with future upgrades and overall configuration > management by reporting false positives when checked for whether the system > is up to date and has all service applied.
Sounds a lot like Tivoli Storage Manager. But at least they (seemed to have) worked with the OS vendors to create the back-level library package that was needed. Even so, that situation went on far too long. Mark Post
