Hi, please note the new w2k client 5.1.5.7 is now available on tivoli ftp site:
ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/patches/clie nt/v5r1/Windows/WinNT/v515/ René LAMBELET NESTEC SA GLOBE - Global Business Excellence Central Support Center Information Technology Av. Nestlé 55 CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland) tél +41 (0)21 924 35 43 fax +41 (0)21 703 30 17 local UBS-Nestec, Bussigny mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 1:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ATTN: WINDOWS CLIENT USERS Two Windows client fixtests, 5.1.5.4 and 5.1.5.6, have been removed from the FTP server because of a potential data corruption problem with online LAN image backups only, and only on Windows 2000 with those two fixtests. The 5.1.5.0 PTF and 5.1.5.2 fixtest do not contain the problem. Windows client 5.1.5.6 fixtest (package name IP22546_06) and 5.1.5.4 fixtest (package name IP22546_04) have been removed from the FTP server, because our internal testing detected a potential data corruption problem with certain Online LAN Image Backups with these fixtest levels only, for the Windows client only. APAR IC35333 has been opened for this problem, and it will be fixed in fixtest 5.1.5.7. Customers should re-backup the online LAN image backups made with those two fixtests, using either an older level client or the new 5.1.5.7 client (when it is available) to do the re-backups. The Windows client 5.1.5.4 fixtest (package name IP22546_04) was also removed because it can cause an abend in the API client. The API client is used by other processes, such as the IBM TSM for Mail or Database products. The problem is described by APAR IC35271, and it is only a problem in Windows client fixtest 5.1.5.4. It is fixed in 5.1.5.7 (when available), and customers can use older level API clients as well. If you have already downloaded and applied fixtests 5.1.5.4 or 5.1.5.6 for the Windows client, please go back to the 5.1.5.2 or earlier level now, and then replace your client with the 5.1.5.7 or later Windows client fixtest (package name IP22546_07 or later) when it becomes available. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Fixtests are meant to help customers with critical problems that can't wait for the next fully-tested deliverable. We do test fixtests, but in a more limited fashion which did not detect these side effect problems of other fixes. For the future, we are working to improve our fixtest testing. I will make a post when the 5.1.5.7 client is available (currently targeted for Friday, January 3). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply) The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.