I, too, would ask however made this decision to rethink it.
I have Guides I have used since 1999:
v37
v51
v52
v53
v54
v55
v61
v62
v63
v71

Why stop publishing them (particularly in pdf form?)
Richard

PS. Kudos to Adobe for creating a truly "portable" format and retaining 
backward compatibility all these years.)

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Erwann SIMON
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 4:06 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

I remember the time when Andy Raibeck was advising to read it cover to cover...

Yes, please, bring the Admin Guide back.

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Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
Erwann SIMON

----- Mail original -----
De: "Roger Deschner" <rogerd AT UIC DOT EDU>
À: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Envoyé: Samedi 12 Décembre 2015 02:39:28
Objet: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

A great book is gone. The TSM Administrator's Guide has been obsoleted as of 
v7.1.3. Its priceless collection of how-to information has been scattered to 
the winds, which basically means it is lost. A pity, because this book had been 
a model of complete, well-organized, documentation.

The "Solution Guides" are suitable only for planning a new TSM installation, 
and do not address existing TSM sites. Furthermore, they are much too narrow, 
and do not cover real-world existing TSM customers.
For instance, we use a blended disk and tape solution (D2D2D2T) to create a 
good working compromise between faster restore and storage cost.

Following links to topics in the online Information Center is a haphazard 
process at best, which is never repeatable. There is no Index or Table of 
Contents for the online doc - so you cannot even see what information is there. 
Unless you actually log in, there is no way to even leave a "trail of 
breadcrumbs". Browser bookmarks are useless here, due to IBM's habit of 
changing URLs frequently. This is an extremely inefficient use of my time in 
finding out how to do something in TSM.

Search is not an acceptable replacement for good organization. Search is 
necessary, but it cannot stand alone.

Building a "collection" is not an answer to this requirement. It still lacks a 
coherent Index or Table of Contents, so once my collection gets sizeable, it is 
also unuseable. And with each successive version, I will be required to rebuild 
my collection from scratch all over again.

Despite the fact that it had become fairly large, I humbly ask that the 
Administrator's Guide be published again, as a single PDF, in v7.1.4.

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.=====