Readme file - Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client V6.3.2

The IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client V6.3.2 fix pack is available.

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Description

Tivoli Storage Manager is a client/server licensed product that provides storage management services in a multiplatform computer environment. You can use the backup-archive client to back up and archive files from workstations or file servers to storage, and restore and retrieve backup versions and archive copies of files to local workstations.

For a list of the client APARs that are resolved in this fix pack, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596306.

Compatibility with earlier versions

For compatibility with earlier versions, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218.

In Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3, the backup-archive client for IBM z/OS® UNIX System Services is at the version 6.1 functional level.

System requirements

For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the detailed system requirements document at the following web pages:
Apple Mac client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053584
HP-UX Itanium client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21197146
IBM AIX® client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052226
Linux on Power® systems client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21169963
Linux x86_64 client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052223
Linux on System z® client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21066436
Microsoft Windows client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21197133
Solaris SPARC client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052211

Installing the client

If you download the product from IBM Passport Advantage®, follow the directions in the download document http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24030523.

For detailed instructions about installing the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients (UNIX, Linux, and Windows), see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/index.jsp.

Known problems and updates

Updates and known problems are documented in the form of tech notes in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal, at http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager. As problems are discovered and resolved, IBM software support updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems. See the following tech notes for Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 Backup-Archive Client known problems:

For information that was not available at the time of publication, documentation updates are available in the following tech docs:

Related information

For information about reporting a problem to IBM Software Support, see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/topic/com.ibm.itsm.ic.doc/t_contact_software_support.html.