Maurizio

The goal of CentOS is 100% binary support.  It's virtually identical, so
drivers SHOULD work unless they do something strange like look for the
actual RedHat trademark in the OS.

Also, there have been minor differences between same-numbered releases;  I
don't have a list of those, you would have to do a side-by-side comparison,
or do some googling on the version you intend to use, and how it differs
from the Redhat release.


Best regards,

Mike, x7942
RMD IT Client Services

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:25 AM, .Maurizio TERUZZI <
maurizio.teruzzi AT bluewin DOT ch> wrote:

> Hello Del,
>
> thanks foy your reponse.
>
> Do you have some ideas or fact were can be a problem between Tapes and
> CentOS (we can maybe give some feedback on that later on).
> My test installation is not yet finalising using tape because of
> availability but It is the roadmap.
>
>
> Grazie
>
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> Il 20.01.2017 13:02, Del Hoobler ha scritto:
>
>> IBM does not officially support CentOS for the Spectrum Protect server.
>>
>> The experience from the product team is that many of the Linux
>> distributions work and behave with similar support and capabilities for
>> basic functions that the product requires such as memory management,
>> threading, and such. The functional areas where the product team has
>> observed differences or variations are in support of devices, in
>> particular tape, and with regards to optimization and performance.
>>
>> In the event that a Spectrum Protect server were run on a Linux variant
>> like CentOS that IBM does not explicitly test or officially support,
>> problem determination and resolution (in particular if it has to do with
>> operating system behaviors or capabilities) will only be possible using
>> one of the published and supported Linux distributions.
>>
>>
>> Del
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/19/2017
>> 07:10:46 PM:
>>
>> From: Roger Deschner <rogerd AT UIC DOT EDU>
>>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>> Date: 01/19/2017 07:11 PM
>>> Subject: TSM Server on CentOS Linux
>>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>>>
>>> Management here is contemplating having us move our production TSM
>>> servers to the CentOS Linux operating system, which is a free branch of
>>> Red Hat.
>>>
>>> Has anybody done this? What are the support issues with IBM?
>>>
>>> (TSM Client is already supported on CentOS via "Best effort".)
>>>
>>> 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.=====
>>>
>>>