Please explain this problem and how we might see it.  I agree with the
prognosis and so does Tivoli management.  They report that steps are being
taken.

I am from Missouri and I say "show me"

Jeff Bach
Home Office Open Systems Engineering
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WAL-MART CONFIDENTIAL


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Richard Sims [SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
        Sent:   Friday, May 04, 2001 7:07 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: recreate bitvectors

        >The APAR actually applies to all TSM server platforms.  For the MVS
server a
        >ZAP is available.  Although the problem is in common code, the
symptom does
        >not occur on the Windows platform.  The MVS and the Solaris servers
will hang.
        >The AIX server will crash.  I am not sure what the HP server will
do.  On the
        >Windows server the command will complete successfully.  The
original fix was
        >tested on the Windows platform which is why this problem was not
noticed.


        Tivoli Management -

        Why did this situation happen?
        Here we have yet another case of inadequate development and testing
which
        needlessly resulted in major problems at customer sites.  It is
mind-boggling
        that this kind of slip-shod work should be coming from a major
software
        company.  The worst part is that this is only the latest in a long
series of
        major gaffes in software provisioning from Tivoli, and still no
effective
        measures have been instituted to prevent such nonsense from
occurring.

        Is anyone there minding the store?

            Richard Sims, BU


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