On May 14, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Curtis Preston wrote:
It doesn't look like you've blindly looked for this mailing list
lately.
Consider a first time poster. I start at Google and search on "TSM
mailing list" The first two links are for adsm.org. adsm.org has an
ADSM-L mailing list ARCHIVE, but no mention on how to join the list.
The fifth link (with only a few weeks in existence) was my forum
linking
to the TSM list. On my site, I show you how to subscribe to the
mailing
list or forum. If I search on ADSM-L, I get taken all over the place,
including back to the IBM website where they have their own forums, a
mention of this list, but no instructions on how to get into it.
So we look at Wikipedia. I see a link on Wikipedia to the ADSM.org
site, which SAYS it's known for the ADSM-L mailing list. I've already
discussed that problem. There's references to some of the
archives, and
a reference to RSS feeds, but no reference on the good ol' email
interface. How do I join this thing, and is it the thing I want to
join? Most links seem to point to adsm.org, which is NOT this list
and
isn't connected to this list.
Curtis - I think you're stretching the point for some reason...
Using TSM means using a TSM client, and thereby get a client manual,
and all the client manuals describe the ADSM-L mailing list and how
to join. Open, read, participate.
Or, online:
From the TSM Support Page (cited in the TSM manuals)
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/
IBMTivoliStorageManager.html
click on Tivoli communities, and you get to
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/
Tivoli_Communities.html
which contains instructions for joining. The IBM Web staff have done
a good job organizing this info and making it readily findable. We
should applaud their efforts.
Further, do a Google search on adsm-l subscribe
and you get the goods.
This is not challenging. A customer technician with the skills to
install and maintain vendor software is sufficiently proficient to
find basic info like this.
Richard Sims sometime documenter
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