I have similar views......
I hope the support we encounter from IBM doesn't go the same way other
Tivoli 'products' have. Problems go into the 'tivoli' queue and seem to
dissapear
into the mist.....

Pat Wilson wrote:

> Yuck.  Granted, it might be better than being part of Lotus, but
> still...  Hope this doesn't mean that they're going to crap up
> the command-line interface (or worse yet, do away with it).  I've
> managed to avoid Tivoli for years, and am not wild about the
> prospect of having to deal with them now.
>
> Former HESC (academic) sites are going to wonder what this means
> for them, too...
>
> Pat Wilson
> paw AT dartmouth DOT edu
>
> >       ___Tivoli Inherits IBM Storage Application___
> >       IBM says it plans to transfer its Adstar Distributed Storage Manager
> >       application from its storage systems division to its Tivoli Systems
> >       Inc. subsidiary on Jan. 1.
> >
> >       The move is intended to allow Tivoli to integrate ADSM into its
> >       systems-management software--and to promise enterprise customers a
> >       single platform from which they can better manage networked systems
> >       and storage devices. ADSM handles enterprisewide network backup,
> >       archiving, storage management, and disaster-recovery planning.
> >
> >       The move also demonstrates IBM's seriousness about infiltrating the
> >       fast-growing storage market. The company says Tivoli will make new
> >       investments in storage solutions, including storage area networks.