TSM through Firewall **NOT** supported
2000-08-22 08:27:48
Is this really true?
I just can't imagine that TSM uses random ports like this.
Can somebody please explain what this means?
Anybody out there that uses TSM through a firewall? I know that this is
not a strange thing!
The official APAR:
Apar IC27212
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* USERS AFFECTED: All TSM Clients*
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Tivoli Storage Manager Client does not*
* support the use of a firewall in the environment. When the *
* client connects to the assigned port, the server rolls the *
* client over to another random port to keep the initial port*
* open for additional communication. Oncethe client is on *
* another port, communication is severed unless the next*
* selected port happens to be open in the firewall as well.*
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* RECOMMENDATION: It should be documented that TSM does not *
* support access through a firewall.*
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PROBLEM CONCLUSION: The following statement has been documented
in the readmes for all TSM clients:
"The TSM clients work in conjunction with a TSM server to which
they have access. Currently, TSM does not support the use of a
firewall beween the server and the client."
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