Is there any reason not to remove the account? 
No.

Would there be any particular difficulty in recreating the account in the 
unlikely event that we install ISC someday?
No.

Is there any risk that IBM would use removal of the account as a pretext for 
refusing to support our TSM installation?
No. 
 ISC isn't required.  I have customers that use other admin interfaces besides 
the ISC (Storserver  and TSM Manager).


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Thomas Denier
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:58 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Admin_center account

Our TSM servers have an Admin_center administrator account that was created 
automatically when the server software was installed. The account is intended 
for use with the ISC (Integrated Solutions Console), which we have never 
installed. Even though the account is locked, I have been getting questions 
about it in connection with a security audit. Is there any reason not to remove 
the account? Would there be any particular difficulty in recreating the account 
in the unlikely event that we install ISC someday? Is there any risk that IBM 
would use removal of the account as a pretext for refusing to support our TSM 
installation?

Thomas Denier
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital