I've been ranting about that here for a while now. Yes, it sucks! And
removing the dsmmfc native GUI client in 6.2 just added insult to
injury. I did a benchmark of the Windows v6.1 java client versus the
v6.1 native dsmmfc client on the same computer, and the java client took
10 times longer to initialize. TEN TIMES. It's so slow that when you ask
it to do something, you find yourself frequently clicking again because
nothing happened, but that sometimes causes malfunctions. I should
submit a performance APAR against it. It's so bad that we are still
distributing the v5.5 client to all our Windows users, despite the other
improvements in 6.2 such as incremental system state backup.
Until this improved and hopefully fast new client is developed with all
that new technology, please update and return the dsmmfc client to
distributions in v6.3, and make it the default. It was fast; THAT was
the product that raised the bar for performance expectations for TSM
client programs - TSM v5.5 dsmmfc, not XIV.
Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rogerd AT uic DOT edu
======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=====
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011, Richard Rhodes wrote:
>Interesting question/comment on the IBM Storage blog by Tony Pearson at
>https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/InsideSystemStorage/?lang=en
>
>In talking about events on Day 4 of the IBM Storage University, he
>describes
>a Question/Answer event with this Q+A . . .
>
>Q) The TSM GUI sucks! Are there any plans to improve it?
>
>A) Yes, we are aware that products like IBM XIV have raised the bar for
>what
>people expect for graphical user interfaces. We have plans to improve the
>
>TSM GUI. IBM's new GUI for the SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000
>has been well-received, and wll be used as a template for the GUIs of
>other
>storage hardware and software products. The GUI uses the latest HTML5
>Dojo
>widgets and AJAX technologies, eliminating Java dependencies on the client
>browser.
>
>
>
>Rick
>
>
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