I wouldn't say " CentOS will not be supported by IBM. " is an absolute - see Del's reply just before yours! I was surprised when they started supporting Debian....
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 3:01 PM Richard van Denzel <rvanden...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Zoltan, > > CentOS will not be supported by IBM. > > I myself run TSM on CentOS just fine (TSM 7.1.6 on CentOS 7.5). The > lin_tape I don't know, but if you can get your hands on the sourcecode you > could compile it probably for CentOS. > > Richard. > > Op do 23 aug. 2018 18:14 schreef Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu>: > > > This is mostly targeted at IBM folks, but we are also looking for > feedback > > from others who gone through this. > > > > Since RHEL licensing costs have increased almost three fold over the > last 5 > > years, we are going to push moving to CentOS. There are no licensing fees > > for CentOS and our current RHEL licensing does not include support. > CentOS > > is functionally compatible or binary compatible with RHEL. > > > > So how, if at all, will this effect IBM support in the ISP server arena? > > As far as I can tell, IBM only officially supports AIX, SUSE, RHEL, > Debian, > > HP-UX, SOLARIS versions of *NIX for a server. Then of course there is > the > > lin_tape driver compatibility/support. > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator > > Xymon Monitor Administrator > > VMware Administrator > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > www.ucc.vcu.edu > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > > visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/ > > > -- *Zoltan Forray* Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/
