TSM Client Functional Compatibility Table for versions 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

Which IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) servers support and are compatible with the major new functionality in the TSM 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 clients?

TSM 6.3 Client Functionality	Supported with 6.3 server?	Supported with 6.2 server?	Supported with 6.1 server?
UNIX and Linux client auto deployment	Yes	Yes (6.2.3+ server level)	No
Linux client Journal Based Backup	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows client configuration wizard for Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) resources	Yes	Yes	Yes
Client performance monitor	Yes (Admin Center)	No	No
Linux client upgrade install	Yes	Yes	Yes

TSM 6.2 Client Functionality	Supported with 6.2 server?	Supported with 6.1 server?	Supported with 5.5 server?
Client (source-side data) Deduplication	Yes	No	No
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)	Yes, third party or self-signed	Yes, self-signed only	Yes, self-signed only
Windows client auto deployment	Yes	No	No
Windows system state backup of only changed system/boot files	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Backup/Archive Client Support for GPFS 3.3	Yes	Yes	Yes
Higher Limits on TXNBYTELIMIT and MOVESIZETHRESH parameters	Yes	TXNB only	TXNB only
Microsoft Hyper-V full Guest Backup Using Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Auto-discovery of New VMware Guests	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows client VMware vStorage for Data Protection API integration for File level backup	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows client VMware vStorage for Data Protection API integration for Full VM backup (beginning with 6.2.2 client)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unicode support for NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backups, with Data OnTAP 7.3.3 support (beginning with 6.2.2 client)	Yes	Yes	Yes
NetApp snapshot-assisted progressive incremental backup support on Linux x86/x86_64 (except on SLES 11) (beginning with the 6.2.2 client)	Yes	Yes	Yes
TSM for ERP: Improve TSM Handling of Very Large Objects	Yes	Yes	Yes

TSM 6.1 Client Functionality	Supported with 6.2 server?	Supported with 6.1 server?	Supported with 5.5 server?
Windows client VMware VCB for Full VM backup	Yes	Yes	Yes
Snapshot difference processing (Snapdiff option)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows client restore of Active Directory individual objects	Yes	Yes	Yes

 Source IBM web site:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?lnk=uctug_tivoli_nwsltr_TSM&uid=swg21420322