I've used a lot of different backup technologies in my years. I only recently took over a TSM Environment (recently being about 2 years ago). While there was indeed a learning curve I had to overcome (as well as a corrupted database), I eventually found TSM to be the best backup solution I've ever used.

There is no doubt that it can meet just about any situation head on. The important thing to remember is that TSM is more than a backup solution. It is a DR solution. It is a data life cycle management solution. All built into one application.

But I must also admit, I'm biased. I'm one of those AIX Admins that refuses to use smit (much less the websm). I'm command line 100%. So TSM fits with me very nicely.