Re: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site

Hi Roger,

Yes, I remember meeting you as well, that was a long time ago!

I was talking with one of our senior ID (Information Development) engineers
and she pointed me to this "Easter egg", which I believe has what you are
looking for. Note that since version 7.1.5 is a server-only level, the
books in that bundle reflect that:

   ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/products/TSM/current/

I am going to see if we can find a way to prominently position that link on
our actual knowledge base pages (the "PDF files" section in the TOC is a
logical choice...).

Best regards,

Andy

____________________________________________________________________________

Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager

Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html

Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2016-06-07
12:57:27:

> From: Roger Deschner <rogerd AT UIC DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 2016-06-07 12:58
> Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> Thanks Andy. You've always been helpful to WDSF/ADSM/TSM/ISP customers;
> I still remember meeting you in person at a SHARE conference some years
> ago. These links are helpful while IBM sorts out its documentation mess.
>
> This discussion is why I have always saved PDFs whenever I ran across
> them, to an encrypted USB thumb drive that I carry with me, especially
> at places like heavily firewalled data centers or DR sites. I shudder to
> think what recovery would be like in an actual disaster with only online
> web "knowledge center" documentation to tell me how to proceed to
> recover my employer's critical business information as quickly as
> possible - if I could access the web at all. As we see here, even
> bookmarking those online sites is a pointless exercise, since the URLs
> change so frequently. Keeping this "bookshelf" of PDFs (backed up to TSM
> and to PCs both at work and at home) should be a crucial part of any DR
> plan. I'll be using this list of URLs to update my bookshelf.
>
> It is also why I have written previously (at length, to the point of
> admittedly becoming redundant) about the removal of the Administrator's
> Guide as a single book, and scattering its priceless collection of
> content to the winds in the form of thousands of online web pages.
>
> Again, thnaks Andy!
>
> Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT 
> edu
> ======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=====
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Andrew Raibeck wrote:
>
> >I hear and feel (and see) the pain, and have passed the comments on.
Let's
> >just say that some things are not immediately in our control...
> >
> >At any rate, for now I suggest using this landing page:
> >
> >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7
> >
> >>From there:
> >
> >1. Select a product version from the drop-down list near the left-hand
> >upper corner of the page. For example, if I select 7.1.5, it will take
me
> >to this page:
> >
>
>https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html
> >
> >2. In the upper left corner of the page you should see a "breadcrumb"
trail
> >like this:
> >
> >   icon   >   Tivoli Storage Manager   >   Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.5
>
> >Welcome
> >
> >If you click on that icon, that will open a table-of-contents (TOC) that
> >should look familiar.
> >
> >3. If you do not immediately see what you are looking for (like info
about
> >Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server), click on the "Product suites
and
> >related products" link in the TOC, and in the right hand side you should
> >see links to the products you are looking for.
> >
> >ALTERNATIVELY
> >
> >1. From the landing page, click a product (like Tivoli Storage Manager
for
> >Databases) in the "Find related products" section. It will take you to a
> >page like this:
> >
>
>http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR/landing/welcome_sstfzr.html

> >
> >2. Select a product version from the drop-down list (this time it will
show
> >7.1.4 as the latest because there is no 7.1.5 for this product).
> >
> >3. Once again you will see the breadcrumb trail in the upper left
corner.
> >Click on the icon to see the TOC.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Andy
> >
>
>____________________________________________________________________________

> >
> >Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | storman AT us.ibm DOT com
> >
> >IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
> >Product support:
> >https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/
> tivoli_storage_manager
> >
> >Online documentation:
>
>http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html

> >
> >Product Wiki:
> >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/
> Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager
> >
> >"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2016-06-06
> >13:16:02:
> >
> >> From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> >> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> Date: 2016-06-06 13:18
> >> Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site
> >> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >>
> >> Thanks all, saved my day tomorrow with the pdf links guy's.
> >>
> >> Please IBM don't mess around with the documentation, this stuff is
> >> essential to get right and keeping simple and fast access is a
necessity.
> >>
> >> So please keep it simple, keep it in one place, give us a webinterface
> >that
> >> makes it easy to select versions and find the stuff we need. HTML is
fine
> >> but also give us complete pdf files please without going to some wiki
of
> >> ftp link, bundles of all documentation per version are a nice addition
> >but
> >> just make it easy to find later on not just a ftp directory and/or
some
> >> obscure wiki page somewhere.
> >> Without quick and easy access to pdf files we can get into trouble
with
> >our
> >> work, I for one don't have web access everywhere due to all sorts of
> >> restrictions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) <
> >> Pamela.Pagnotta AT hq.doe DOT gov> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Using the link that Heinz provided, I found
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_7.1.4/db.common/
> >> welcome.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Pam
> >> >
> >> > Pam Pagnotta
> >> > Sr. System Engineer
> >> > Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet
> >> > Contractor to US. Department of Energy
> >> > Office of the CIO/IM-622
> >> > Office: 301-903-5508
> >> > Mobile: 301-335-8177
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
Behalf
> >Of
> >> > Stefan Folkerts
> >> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 12:25 PM
> >> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on
Knowledgecenter
> >site
> >> >
> >> > The installing and upgrading links give some information but I still
> >can't
> >> > find the mssql 7.1.x documentation on the site since the revamp.
> >> >
> >> > I don't understand what the vision of the knowledge center is at the
> >> > moment, i used to be able to find everything there and now it just
> >seems
> >> > very limited, maybe I should call it broken even.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) <
> >> > Pamela.Pagnotta AT hq.doe DOT gov> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Stefan,
> >> > >
> >> > > I guess I had bookmarked the .pdf files. here is the link for the
> >7.1.0
> >> > > products
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/
> >> com.ibm.itsm.ic.doc/welcome.html
> >> > >
> >> > > Then I chose Installing and upgrading the products on the left
side
> >of
> >> > the
> >> > > page
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/
> >> com.ibm.itsm.nav.doc/r_inst_links.html
> >> > >
> >> > > There are similar links on the 7.1.4 Knowledge Center page
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.4/tsm/welcome.html
> >> > >
> >> > > Just not on the 7.1.5 Knowledge Center page.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Pam
> >> > >
> >> > > Pam Pagnotta
> >> > > Sr. System Engineer
> >> > > Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet
> >> > > Contractor to US. Department of Energy
> >> > > Office of the CIO/IM-622
> >> > > Office: 301-903-5508
> >> > > Mobile: 301-335-8177
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
Behalf
> >Of
> >> > > Stefan Folkerts
> >> > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:33 AM
> >> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on
> >Knowledgecenter
> >> > site
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks Pamela, that links helps me out for tomorrow so thank you
very
> >> > much!
> >> > > :-)
> >> > >
> >> > > But what happend to the other documentation >7.1.0?
> >> > >
> >> > > When I go to the latest versions I only see some links and a tiny
bit
> >of
> >> > > information but nothing like what we had just a month or two ago.
> >> > > It is like i'm missing something, it has moved or IBM is not done
> >with
> >> > the
> >> > > revamp of the site but if anybody knows where I can find the
recent
> >full
> >> > > MSSQL documentation I would love to know.
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > >    Stefan
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) <
> >> > > Pamela.Pagnotta AT hq.doe DOT gov> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Hello Stefan,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I see what you mean by the link you have. I could not find
anything
> >> > with
> >> > > > that link.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I did find this, though, but starting with the 7.1.0 IBM
Knowledge
> >> > > Center.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGSG7_7.1.0/
> >> com.ibm.itsm.mail.dom.doc/b_dp_dom_win.pdf
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/
> >> com.ibm.itsm.nav.doc/r_pdfs.html
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Hope this helps,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Pam
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Pam Pagnotta
> >> > > > Sr. System Engineer
> >> > > > Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet
> >> > > > Contractor to US. Department of Energy
> >> > > > Office of the CIO/IM-622
> >> > > > Office: 301-903-5508
> >> > > > Mobile: 301-335-8177
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> >Behalf
> >> > Of
> >> > > > Stefan Folkerts
> >> > > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:04 AM
> >> > > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >> > > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on
Knowledgecenter
> >site
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Hi all,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Three of four times the past week I have been searching the
> >bookmark I
> >> > > had
> >> > > > for the Spectrum Protect Knowledgecenter site (
> >> > > >
> >> >
> >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html
> >> > > )
> >> > > > for documentation I needed, I usually use the .pdf documentation
> >since
> >> > I
> >> > > > find it easier to search in it when needed.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I can't find what I am searching for anymore, the site seems to
> >have
> >> > > > changed and I think I am missing something.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I am looking for the mail/domino/windows install/user guides,
can
> >> > > somebody
> >> > > > please point me in the right direction?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Regards,
> >> > > >    Stefan
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>