I keep wondering if this is FACT or RECOMMENDATION. Based on this document: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218 it says you can not use the 6.3 CLIENT with a 5.5 SERVER. I documented this and some user didn't pay attention and installed the 6.3 client on a node still on a 5.5 server. So far, there haven't been any issues and it works just fine.
I am about to convert a 5.5 server to 6.x and was planning to jump straight to 6.3. However, there a few nodes still running 5.4 and LOWER level clients (down to 5.1 for an IRIX system). Anyone try a 5.x client with a 6.3 server? Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 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 From: "Stackwick, Stephen" <sstackw...@icfi.com> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/28/2012 03:28 PM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> The problem with 6.3 is all your clients need to be at V6. If that's not an issue, I might even wait a little bit longer for the first fixes which Tivoli claims will be this quarter. Steve STEPHEN STACKWICK | Senior Consultant | 301.518.6352 (m) | sstackw...@icfi.com | icfi.com ICF INTERNATIONAL | 410 E. Pratt Street Suite 2214, Baltimore, MD 21202 | 410.539.1135 (o) ________________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] on behalf of Sheridan, Peter T. [peter.sheri...@cunamutual.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:27 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Would people recommend going with 6.2.3 or 6.3 ? -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Colwell, William F. Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:22 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize I agree with Zoltan. I have 2 very large instances at 6.1.5.10 in production doing large amounts of dedup processing. I am aware of the reorg issues but it doesn't bother me, I am not interested in reorging the tables. In any case 6.3 doesn't solve all the reorg issues, see apar ic81261 and flash 1580639. Thanks, Bill Colwell Draper Lab -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:39 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Deployment Engine Failed to initialize WOW - such harsh words about 6.1 ! I don't agree......my main production 6.x system is 6.1.5.10 with no issues. At least it hasn't had this wacky, problem my other 6.2.x servers have had with a DB backup randomly, intermittently failing with no discernible reason....(note, there are docs that say you really need to be at least at 6.1.4.1 to resolve some big problems, especially with reorgs) Zoltan Forray TSM Software & Hardware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services zfor...@vcu.edu - 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 From: "Prather, Wanda" <wprat...@icfi.com> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 02/28/2012 05:57 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> What Remco said. Nothing Good will Happen on 6.1. I finally got a production system stable on 6.1.3 by disabling reorgs, but that was Windows. I wouldn't even think of doing it on Linux. W -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:10 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deployment Engine Failed to initialize Hi, do not use TSM server 6.1, not even if you have no other options. 6.1 does not even begin to approach alpha quality software. IBM should never have shipped it. I can't think of a single good reason to install 6.1. Go with 6.2.3 or newer or 6.3 something. On 27 feb. 2012, at 22:57, George Huebschman wrote: > We are getting the "Deployment Engine Failed to Initialize" when > running ./install.bin for TSM Server 6.1 on a clean new RHEL server. > I see lots of noise out here about this error, in and out of the TSM world. > > (We have another TSM installation of TSM 6.3 on a VM that isn't even > QA as such, just a practice install.) Documetation specifies that > there be 2GB available in the home directory. > We only have 1.6 GB, BUT so does the successful 6.3 install. > We had the error on the first and subsequent 3 attempts to run the > install. We did not find any .lock or .lck files. > I am told that SELINUX is set to permissive. > > Except for the home directory, the other space guidelines were met. > The install is being done as root. > > Looking at the TSM related posts about this issue, I didn't notice any > for releases after 6.1. > Is that because I didn't look hard enough? Or, was documentation > improved, or was a bug fixed? > Should I talk someone into 6.2 to get past this? > > Most of my experience has been with 5.* I have read the install guide > (most of it) for 6.2, which is what I thought we were installing. Do > I need to step back in documentation? > > > -- > George Huebschman > > "When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if > you had NO choice." -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl +31 6 248 21 622
