I am waiting to get my hands on some of those beauties! I am excited to see how TSM works and how it handles everything.
The new Intel Macs seem pretty impressive, and I know that we will not be dissapointed. >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/15 4:05 am >>> Our initial attempts at trying 5.3.2.1 on the Intel Macs were good, but we then ran into some problems. As there is no support from IBM, I am nervous about relying on it. At 08:38 PM 3/14/2006, you wrote: >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?) -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Systems Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
