On Mar 14, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Paul Zarnowski wrote:
Intel Macs are starting to show up on our campus and we are being asked how to back them up. What are other TSM sites doing to backup these new beasties? TSM doesn't support Intel-based Macs yet.
Hi, Paul - Good question... I recently got one of the new iMac's as a media storage and feeder for my family room (connecting it to my A/V receiver via optical audio and S-video). Wonderful machine. Reading your posting, and Aaron's response about depending upon Rosetta, I decided to try installing a TSM client (5.2.4). An awkwardness is that the download file is in .hqx format: PowerPC Macs are shipped with Stuffit Expander to handle that stuff, but the new Macs are Intel, so it appears that Apple feels it inappropriate to ship a non-PowerPC binary. I got SE off the net and installed it, and it worked fine to generate the TSM installer, which I then ran to install the TSM client. And the client itself ran fine, as I tried some basic Archive and Backup operations. Apple's Rosetta is excellent, as was promised. I would suggest having one of your "eager adopters" go ahead and give an existing TSM client level a full workout, with a new nodename. Have them report back on general functionality and speed. Richard Sims long time Mac guy (why settle for mediocrity?)
