Have you consider TSM on Linux on Intel?

I just assisted a university change from AIX with 3590 to Linux (cant
remember the IBM model of server) with 4560 (2 x 4560/LTO1 with 4 drives).

This Uni is probably smaller than you guys - but non the less they are
quite happy with the change...

...deon
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Have you looked at the A/NZ Tivoli User Group website?
http://www.tuganz.org

Deon George, IBM Tivoli Software Engineer, IBM Australia
Office: +61 3 9626 6058, Fax: +61 3 9626 6622, Mobile: +61 412 366 816,
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mailto:dgeorge AT au1.ibm DOT com, http://www.ibm.com/tivoli

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 05/12/2003
09:51:41 AM:

> We are now running TSM 4.2 on an AIX box. Not only is the TSM level
> unsupported, so is the AIX level. And the box is running on empty, plus
we
> are really tight on storage, both disk and tape.
>
> We are looking for a new solution. A TSM upgrade is obvious. Platform is
> not.
>
> One thought is to get a new/bigger AIX box with more disk, and move to
LTO
> tape.
>
> Another idea is move to Sun and LTO.
>
> Any thoughts on comparing AIX vs. Sun for a TSM server?
>
> While unpacking some stuff, I found the TSM Server for VM tape. We don't
> have disk or tape issues with VM, so I am wondering if that is worth
> pursuing. One obvious down side is that we are still on VM/ESA 2.4, but
we
> will be moving to z/VM after we get the cost issue under control and I
> install it. Another question is tape management. We use EPIC now, will
> that even work with TSM? If not, what do people running TSM on VM use
for
> tape management? Does anyone here actually have their TSM server on VM?
>
> Thanks for any info or insights.
>
>
>
> Nancy Reeves
> Technical Support, Wichita State University
> Nancy.Reeves AT wichita DOT edu          316-978-3860