Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web

Got 7.1.1 running on my 6GB CentOS server.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Prather, Wanda
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 16:02
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> 
> Great, thanks!
> 
> I got the 7.1 package server and TOC to install a while back on a 6G RAM
> Centos laptop for basic testing.
> Didn't try using it as a TOC hub, and haven't tried with the 7.1.1 package.
> YMMV.
> 
> W
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Erwann SIMON
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:58 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> 
> Hi Wanda,
> 
> It's in the Installtion Guide (TSM 7.1.1) :
> 
> On test servers only: Use the following command to bypass prerequisite
> checks such as the operating system and the required memory. Do not issue
> this command on a production server.
> 
> For new installations, issue the following command:
> ./install.sh -g -vmargs "-DBYPASS_TSM_REQ_CHECKS=true"
> 
> Otherwise, update the following file to add the -
> DBYPASS_TSM_REQ_CHECKS=true flag. The dash in the -
> DBYPASS_TSM_REQ_CHECKS=true flag is required and must be added on a
> new line after the -vmargs flag.
> ../Installation Manager/eclipse/ibmim.ini
> 
> Erwann
> 
> Le 23/09/2014 21:52, Prather, Wanda a écrit :
> > For the 7.1 package there is a parm to bypass the min requirements on
> install, I'll see if I can find that link.
> > W
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Rhodes, Richard L.
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:25 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> >
> >
> >> What has been suggested by sneaky folks, is that you could very
> >> easily install TSM 7.1.1 on a tiny doesn't-run-any-backups TSM
> >> server, to be your HUB server.  Then it could manage a "spoke" TSM
> >> 6.3.4 or higher server.
> > Gee, just what we were talking about!
> >
> > To ask the next sneeky/unofficial question, just what would the resources
> on a VM need to be for a minimal TSM to just run TOC (memory, disk for db2,
> other)?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf
> > Of Prather, Wanda
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 3:00 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: tsm administration via web
> >
> > For all the things they are adding into the TOC (TSM Operations
> > Center), they had to add new tables and functions in the TSM server
> > itself (Which is why it has some cool stuff we've never had before!
> > The TOC developers are just awesome!)
> >
> > That means you always have to have the TOC talking to a TSM server at a
> level that has those mods, shown in the table that Erwann provided the link
> for below, and I suspect it will be the same for 7.1.1 and likely going 
> forward.
> But that's just for the top level or "hub" TOC TSM server.  You can have a
> hub-and-spoke configuration.
> >
> > The TOC is very lightweight, and if you have a single TSM sever the most
> common thing is to run the TOC on the same machine as your TSM server.
> But the TOC can manage other "spoke" TSM servers, as that link below
> shows.
> >
> > What has been suggested by sneaky folks, is that you could very easily
> install TSM 7.1.1 on a tiny doesn't-run-any-backups TSM server, to be your
> HUB server.  Then it could manage a "spoke" TSM 6.3.4 or higher server.
> >
> > And FWIW that tiny TSM can even be a VM.  The TSM server is supported
> on VMware if there are no tape drivERs in use.
> >
> > W
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf
> > Of Erwann SIMON
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:21 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > See :
> > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21640917
> >
> > Unfortunately, this technote has not been updated with 7.1.1 informations
> yet.
> >
> > Le 23/09/2014 19:17, David Ehresman a écrit :
> >> Can the 7.1.1 OpCenter be run with pre-7.1 servers?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Prather, Wanda
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:49 PM
> >> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> >>
> >> The ISC is on the FTP site, under Maintenance\admincenter.
> >> But I don't recommend it.
> >>
> >> You should know it has been "stabilized" at 6.3.  There is a 7.1 version on
> the site which has been patched to work with a 7.1 server, but it has no 7.1
> function and it will never be updated any more.
> >>
> >> It also has never been upgraded to run with any IE later than IE8 or
> >> Firefox 3.6.  (Although I've gotten good results using IE10, press
> >> F12, then choosing IE8 compatibility mode.)
> >>
> >> Just don't go the ISC route.  It's dead. (FINALLY!!!!)
> >>
> >> And, the Operations Center which came out Sep 12 (the 7.1.1 version)
> really has a lot of the functions you want, including client scheduling now,
> and will be further developed.
> >> They have a live demo up that you can show your Winders folks.
> >> https://www.ibmserviceengage.com/on-premises-solutions
> >>
> >>
> >> Wanda
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Lee, Gary
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 10:58 AM
> >> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> >>
> >> Guess I am referring to the isc.
> >>
> >> We are running tsm 6.2.5 on redhat enterprise 6.1.
> >>
> >> I use the command line client exclusively, but the windows folks want
> something gui.
> >>
> >> I went looking, but its been so long since I used it, where do you find the
> isc?
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf
> >> Of Skylar Thompson
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:32 AM
> >> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] tsm administration via web
> >>
> >> Are you thinking of the ISC? I started out administering TSM through that,
> but it was finicky enough that I ended up using the CLI and haven't looked
> back since.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 01:12:15PM +0000, Lee, Gary wrote:
> >>> What is the Tivoli product called for administering tsm via a web based
> gui?
> >>>
> >>> I don't really care, but my boss wants me to evaluate gui tsm
> management products.
> >>>
> >>> What is the sens of the list?  IBM, or third party, if so what third 
> >>> party?
> >> --
> >> -- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
> >> -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> >> -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> >> -- University of Washington School of Medicine
> >
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