Improvements -
1) drivers for newer tape devices
2) Support for W2K3
3) Support for WXP
4) Support for Exchange 2K3 and retains support for 5.5
5) Retains support for SQL 7 & 2000
6) Support for more flavors of *Nix
7) Improved B2D support
As for pitfalls or gotchas v9.1/SP5 is IMNSHO one of the more stable builds, and there have been very few reports of problems with the upgrade.