What he ment was problaby the fact that TSM doesnt "support" VSS when it 
comes to backing up normal files(aka open-file support).

With the introduction of VSS, there is now an option to use VSS to handle 
the open-file issue normally solved with products like OpenFile Manager 
from St Bernard, or Tivolis own Open-file support.

Tivoli does however, as you clearly stated, use VSS to backup the 
systemstate object.

Best Regards

Daniel Sparrman
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>Unfortunately, TSM does not yet support VSS ...

Eh?  From the TSM 5.2.2 Windows client manual:

  "Tivoli Storage Manager supports the Microsoft Volume Shadowcopy Service 
(VSS)
   on Windows Server 2003. Tivoli Storage Manager uses VSS to back up all 
system
   state components as a single object, to provide a consistent 
point-in-time
   snapshot of the system state. You can back up all system service 
components
   (the default) or individual components."

 Richard Sims  http://people.bu.edu/rbs