Mehdi, I forgot to speak to your second solution. If you read the ADSM-L listserv regularly, you will probably know that customers are still having significant problems in TSM 6.1. Unless you really need a 6.1 feature and just can't wait, you are probably better off staying on the more stable versions. We still have a group of ten TSM 5.4.3 servers (running on AIX 5.3) in production, and together they back up about 15TB a day, and they are extremely solid and reliable. So even though some people just have to be on the latest version because it makes them feel like studs, I will choose proven and reliable any day. Best Regards,
John D. Schneider The Computer Coaching Community, LLC Office: (314) 635-5424 / Toll Free: (866) 796-9226 Cell: (314) 750-8721 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 5.4 or 6.1 From: Mehdi Salehi <iranian.aix.supp...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, October 10, 2009 8:04 am To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU One of our customers is planning to buy TSM for their AIX 5.2 systems. The problem is that the newest version of TSM what supports AIX 5.2 is TSM 5.4. Two solutions: - upgrade AIX systems to 5.3 or 6.1 - forget about TSM 6.1 and use TSM 5.4 You know the application side people are unwilling to move their environment. I am looking for convincing highlights to motivate them to upgrade their operating systems instead of downgrading TSM side. What features of TSM 6.1 do you think could be interesting from executive's point of view?