Question to the ADSM.ORG FastBack on Linux

[caldwem01]

IBM development is asking if they were to support Linux what would we need support for. Right now Fastback supports Windows o/s. If IBM were to provide Linux support for clients. What Linux flavor, what kernel, and 32 or 64 bit would be best to start with?

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[moon-buddy]

Red Hat or SUSE

[toxy13]

SUSi ... ehm SUSE (32 and 64 Bit)

[aroon_e]

RedHat

Aroon

[caldwem01]

Any comments on inital support for these versions right out the gate? Is this most common?
RH Enterprise Linux 5 Server for x86 based on 2.6.18 kernel
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 based on 2.6.16 kernel

[moon-buddy]

Red Hat or SUSE are easy to manage right out of the box. I had (in the past) and have (presently) no major issues with these DISTROS. The web provides a wealth of information and help, and anyone with solid AIX or Solaris experience can easily adapt to these DISTROS.

I have not called support in all of the 5 or so years that I have worked with these systems and thus I don't know how the support goes as compared to IBM or SUN.

[joesysadmin]

redhat 3,4 and 5 AP

[etchingsj]

I agree,
RHEL5 which would cover Fedora X and CentOs. Client/Server
Ubuntu Server although there is a .DEB package that works well for clients but I don't know if anyone has worked to get an Ubuntu TSM server running.

[dig1tal]

RHEL would seem the best choice.