I am looking into generating reports for my backups. Decision support
sounds a little bit expensive! Is there any third party tool out there that
can do a similar job?

Thank you



Tony Jules
ITS / Olympus America Inc.
631-844-5887
tony.jules AT olympus DOT com




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                    06/14/2001
                    02:31 PM
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Must buy. TDS is a generic reporter; the various TDSfthisandthat packages
target TDS to a specific application.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Marc Levitan
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:37 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Tivoli Decision Support
>
>
> Can you elaborate as to what the difference is...
> Are you able to do anything with the free TDSfSMA?  or MUST you buy the
> TDS?
> Thanks!
> Marc
>
>
>
>                     Lindsay Morris
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>                     06/14/2001
>                     12:02 PM
>                     Please respond
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> TDSfSMA is bundled with TSM 4.1 for free -- but ---
> it requires Tivoli Decision Support, which retails at $21,000 or so.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf 
> > Of
> > Pitur Ey~srsson
> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:43 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Tivoli Decision Support
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > only one short question
> >
> > Does TDSfSMA (Tivoli Decision Support for Storage Management
> > Analysis) cost anything?
> > does it come with the TSM Server or does it come with software
> > like Tivoli Disaster Recovery.
> >
> >
> > Kvedja/Regards
> > Petur Eythorsson
> > Taeknimapur/Technician
> > Kerfisfrfpingur IR
> > Microsoft Certified System Engineer
> > Nyherji Hf            Simi TEL: +354-569-7700
> > Borgartun 37       105 Iceland
> > URL:                    http://www.nyherji.is
> >
>