And there you go, a perfect "Business Justification"  Not ours IBM,
yours.  Get off your butt and get this done.  There is NO excuse for not
having already created a 64 bit Linux client, especially since, from
what I understand, the TSM Server only runs on 64 bit Linux.  I find it
absolutely amazing that as long as 64 bit processors have been out,
we're using 32bit anything.

See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:40 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Linux client memory woes

IBM's failure to spontaneously provide a TSM Linux client for prevalent,
modern CPU architectures is certainly a marked departure from the
company's early pronouncements of Linux being a strategic direction
meriting concerted product development.

TSM client product management has markedly failed in its role to both
meet customer needs and keep the product competitive in a challenging
marketplace of backup products.  In a properly run software organization
it should never be necessary for customers to have to file a request for
intrinsic functionality in the product line and then wait further years
for it to appear: timely development would be a natural result of
strategic product planning.  The absence of a 64-bit client is a
remarkable failing.

   Richard Sims

On Jan 5, 2010, at 4:47 AM, Michael Green wrote:

> Folks, turns out that whereas 64 bit clients for Linux PPC and Zseries
> are already available, it's not for x64 arch. Moreover, there are
> currently no plans for development the 64 bit version of BA client for
> Linux x64.
> 
> Just to remind you that x64 client is required to overcome the 4GB
> memory limit of the 32 bit BA client on Linux x64. Such ability would
> allow for backup of much more objects within the same scheduled
> process without having to resort to the help of awkward workarounds
> such MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP.
> 
> The TSM support person (who was very responsive by the way) who
> received my PMR is ready to file a so called "Design Change Request"
> on my behalf. Within that request I need to formulate a Business
> Justification, where I highlight how important this could be to my
> business to get such a change in the future.
> 
> As I'm not very good at writing "Business Justifications", I would
> appreciate your input/ideas on this matter.
> --
> Warm regards,
> Michael Green