The IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager for Solaris Backup-Archive Client Version 6.1.5.6 interim fix is available. A description of the offering is provided, along with links to installation resources.
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 program to back up and archive files from their workstations or file servers to server storage, and restore and retrieve backup versions and archive copies of files to their local workstations.
The Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Version 6.1.5 fix pack contains APAR fixes (maintenance). For a list of the client APARs that are resolved in this fix pack, see APARs fixed in this fix pack.
For compatibility with earlier versions, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server/Client Compatibility and Upgrade Considerations.
For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the following detailed system requirements:
This section contains information about warnings and installation instructions.
Before installing the backup-archive client, see the warning information in the following web page:
For installation instructions and important links, see the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Quick Start Guide. The Quick Start Guide is available on your Quick Start DVD or download image.
For detailed installation instructions, see Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager clients in the Tivoli Storage Manager information center.
For the entire documentation library of Tivoli Storage Manager V6.1 products, including Tivoli Storage Manager publications in Portable Document Format (.pdf) that are readable with programs like Adobe Acrobat Reader, see the Tivoli Storage Manager information center on the web.
Documentation updates and known problems are documented in the form of tech notes in the Support knowledge base at IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.
For more information about limitations and known problems, see the following technote:
Solaris client limitations and known problems
For information that was unavailable at the time of publication, documentation updates are available in the following tech docs:
IBM Support provides assistance with product defects. For more information about getting software support, see the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal.