Thomas,

The statement about journal based backup not being supported on Windows
2003 servers has been corrected in the 6.2.2 version of the manual. The
statement now reads:

   Journal-based backup can be used for all Windows clients.

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_6.2.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_cfg_jbb.html

- Andy

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Andrew Raibeck | Tivoli Storage Manager Level 3 Technical Lead |
storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links:
Product support:
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager

Online documentation:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/welcome
Product Wiki:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2015-02-20
11:31:29:

> From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT JEFFERSON DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 2015-02-20 11:35
> Subject: Journal based backup support for Windows 2003
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> One of the TSM client systems at our site is a very large file
> server. Weekday backups are consistently taking over 22 hours, with
> occasional instances of a backup being missed because its
> predecessor was still running. The system is an obvious candidate
> for journal based backups. The system runs Windows 2003 and
> currently has 6.2.4.0 client code installed.
>
> When I was checking for compatibility issues I found the following
> statement on page 111 of the "Installation and User's Guide" for the
> TSM 6.2 Windows client:
>
> Journal-based backup is supported for all Windows clients.
>
> I advised the client system administrator to configure the system
> for journal based backups, and that process was completed yesterday.
>
> I just discovered the following on page 31 of the same document:
>
> Journal-based backup can be used for all Windows clients, except for
> clients running on Windows Server 2003 systems.
>
> Which of the two contradictory statements is true?
>
> At best I will ending up spending a significant amount of time
> verifying that the client configuration described above is
> supported. At worst I have been tricked into advising a customer to
> use an unsupported configuration. The TSM 6.2 developers apparently
> didn't understand, or didn't care, that sloppy work does real harm
> to customers. The TSM 7.1 server code is currently awaiting a
> maintenance level that addresses the second crippling bug found
> after the code was released, which suggests that the same attitude
> toward sloppy work prevails to this day.
>
> Thomas Denier
> Thomas Jefferson University
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