Maybe in a perfect world............ But when you have vendor maintained applications/servers that run things like Windows 2000 or the Linux 2.4 kernel or Solaris 8 or SGI, you don't have a choice but to use the old clients!
Remco Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 04/10/2008 02:38 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Anyone know of issues running older clients against 5.4.3 server? Paul Zarnowski wrote: > We are about to upgrade our servers from 5.3.4 to 5.4.3. I'd like to know > if anyone knows of any problems running older clients with a 5.4.x > server. While I know IBM only supports 1 version back, it's usually the > case that older clients continue to work (with some exceptions). Thanks > for any feedback. We still have a bunch of 5.1.5 clients out there that > we've been unsuccessful in prodding our users to upgrade from, so that's > the level I'm most concerned about. > Hi Paul, if you know who the users are, I'd say you can give m sort of final notice... 'your client will be unsupported as of our next upgrade due $data, if you haven't upgraded to at least version 5.4, we will be unable to help you with any problems or guarantee service'. It's sort of BOFH-style CYA, but nobody would be able to claim that you haven't given them proper notice. > ..Paul > > > -- > Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 > Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 > 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post
