Now you would think that with a newer release there would be more Linux
distributions supported and a newer kernel? Not so. Check out the
"Operating system requirements" below. This is pretty lame.





Linux x86 Server Requirements for Tivoli Storage Manager V5.2

The Tivoli Storage Manager server on Linux x86 requires the following
hardware and software:

    * Machine   An Intel. 32-bit symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) or
uniprocessor (UP)
    * Minimum memory and space requirement to run:
          o RAM   128 MB
          o Disk space   68 MB hard disk space (includes full install,
9 MB recovery log, 17 MB database)



    * Operating system requirements
          o Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 with kernel 2.4.9-e.10
(UP) or 2.4.9-e.10enterprise SMP
          o SuSE Enterprise Server 7 with kernel 2.4.18 (Release 243)
or SuSE Enterprise Server 8/United Linux 1.0

      Note: Only the following vendor kernel configurations are supported:
          o Red Hat 32 bit: 2.4.9-e.10, 2.4.9-e.10enterprise
          o SuSE Enterprise Server 7 32-bit only: 2.4.18-4 GB (for UP),
2.4.18-64GB-SMP (for SMP). The kernel must be release 243.
    * V2.2.4, or later of the GNU C libraries needs to be installed on
the target machine







    * Communication Protocol
          o TCP/IP, which comes standard with Linux x86




rh wrote:

Tivoli announced Version 5.2 of TSM. Mostly available
April 11th. See announcements on IBMLINK site.

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