It isn't completely up to me, I am a short term contractor...but I think I
can convey the message effectively.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> do not use TSM server 6.1, not even if you have no other options. 6.1 does
> not even begin to approach alpha quality software. IBM should never have
> shipped it. I can't think of a single good reason to install 6.1. Go with
> 6.2.3 or newer or 6.3 something.
>
>
>
> On 27 feb. 2012, at 22:57, George Huebschman wrote:
>
> > We are getting the "Deployment Engine Failed to Initialize" when running
> > ./install.bin for TSM Server 6.1 on a clean new RHEL server.
> > I see lots of noise out here about this error, in and out of the TSM
> world.
> >
> > (We have another TSM installation of TSM 6.3 on a VM  that isn't even QA
> as
> > such, just a practice install.)
> > Documetation specifies that there be 2GB available in the home directory.
> > We only have 1.6 GB, BUT so does the successful 6.3 install.
> > We had the error on the first and subsequent 3 attempts to run the
> > install.  We did not find any .lock or .lck files.
> > I am told that SELINUX is set to permissive.
> >
> > Except for the home directory, the other space guidelines were met.
> > The install is being done as root.
> >
> > Looking at the TSM related posts about this issue, I didn't notice any
> for
> > releases after 6.1.
> > Is that because I didn't look hard enough?  Or, was documentation
> improved,
> > or was a bug fixed?
> >     Should I talk someone into 6.2 to get past this?
> >
> > Most of my experience has been with 5.*
> > I have read the install guide (most of it) for 6.2, which is what I
> thought
> > we were installing.  Do I need to step back in documentation?
> >
> >
> > --
> > George Huebschman
> >
> > "When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if
> you
> > had NO choice."
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
>
> Remco Post
> r.post AT plcs DOT nl
> +31 6 248 21 622
>



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"When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if you
had NO choice."