And for all you old timers on the list, there was the same "discussion" when
IBM did away with the original administration Windows application in favor
of the Web admin interface. Everybody hated it and wanted the Winders app
back. Now people hate the new admin facility and want to Web admin
back...that they hated just a few short years ago to start with.

I agree with Remco and do believe IBM listened. The 6.1 ISC/AC is a lot
faster and better organized. Most things are now wizards, allows you to
monitor/administer multiple TSM servers from the same central signon...and
if you setup the ADMIN_CENTER userid when you register the server instance
you get monitoring and a simple dashboard. Which (not to start a new flame!)
personally is light years better than this new so called TSM Monitor and
Reporting package. I have already upgraded out ISC/AC to the new version
even though I have not installed or upgraded to TSM 6.1 servers.

Then we come down to the fact that after 11-years working with *SM, I'm just
a CLI guy myself. But for people that don't know all the commands, the ISC
is a good place for them.

And again...my opinion.


Bill Boyer
"Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the
sun." -Unknown-



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Remco Post
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:54 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TSM Administration Guide Using ISC

Arnaud,
>
> This is exactly the point ! Are you satisfied with the ISC /AC
> combination so far ? If yes, I'm very happy for you, but
> from my readings of this list, lots of users are not, and so am I.
> I really would like to hear why IBM decided to drop a CPU and
> storage inexpensive / ergonomic /fast /readable interface for the
> new one.
> I may be paranoid, but I believe they had a very good reason for
> such a change : selling more hardware !


The most recent version of the ISC really is a lot less heavy than
previous versions. In that respect I truly believe that IBM listen to
our complaints. It's even fast. I really urge you to experience it. I
installed it on a VM on my laptop (isn't vmware fusion great? :)) in 5
minutes.

As for the ergonomics, yes the workings of the new thing are different
from the old thing. Have they become worse? Well, I don't think so. I
like the CLI best of all, always have and alway will, but if I had to
chose a GUI, well, the ISC is just as good as the old thing... it just
provides an interface to everything added to TSM in the last 4
releases ;-)
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Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards,

Remco Post