The ODBC driver is a completely separate entity from the rest of the 
backup-archive client. It has no dependencies on the b-a client, and the 
b-a client has no dependencies on the ODBC driver. Therefore, in order to 
help reduce the already substantial size of the client package, the ODBC 
driver was packaged separately. (Note: the ODBC driver used to be around 
14 MB in size, but starting with version 5.1, we stopped shipping the 
English version of the MDAC. This significantly reduced the size of the 
ODBC driver package to around 5 MB. But for now, it is still a separate 
package.)

As far as the API goes, it is always installed with the b-a client since 
certain b-a components rely on the API (such as the DSMCUTIL utility). The 
API SDK (not to be confused with the API) is included in the client 
package, but its size is negligible.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Merhaba Tsm, 
Then why is API is included in the client installation set? (it gives us 
the 
option to install or not) 
Thanks 
Burak 




 
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Merhaba Burak
An ODBC driver allows you to use a relational database product such as SQL
to query the database and display the results. Client installation does 
not
set include everything we need. You have to install API and ODBC
separately.
 
selamlar...