And for all you old timers on the list, there was the same "discussion" when IBM did away with the original administration Windows application in favor of the Web admin interface. Everybody hated it and wanted the Winders app back. Now people hate the new admin facility and want to Web admin back...that they hated just a few short years ago to start with.
I agree with Remco and do believe IBM listened. The 6.1 ISC/AC is a lot faster and better organized. Most things are now wizards, allows you to monitor/administer multiple TSM servers from the same central signon...and if you setup the ADMIN_CENTER userid when you register the server instance you get monitoring and a simple dashboard. Which (not to start a new flame!) personally is light years better than this new so called TSM Monitor and Reporting package. I have already upgraded out ISC/AC to the new version even though I have not installed or upgraded to TSM 6.1 servers. Then we come down to the fact that after 11-years working with *SM, I'm just a CLI guy myself. But for people that don't know all the commands, the ISC is a good place for them. And again...my opinion. Bill Boyer "Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun." -Unknown- -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Remco Post Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:54 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: TSM Administration Guide Using ISC Arnaud, > > This is exactly the point ! Are you satisfied with the ISC /AC > combination so far ? If yes, I'm very happy for you, but > from my readings of this list, lots of users are not, and so am I. > I really would like to hear why IBM decided to drop a CPU and > storage inexpensive / ergonomic /fast /readable interface for the > new one. > I may be paranoid, but I believe they had a very good reason for > such a change : selling more hardware ! The most recent version of the ISC really is a lot less heavy than previous versions. In that respect I truly believe that IBM listen to our complaints. It's even fast. I really urge you to experience it. I installed it on a VM on my laptop (isn't vmware fusion great? :)) in 5 minutes. As for the ergonomics, yes the workings of the new thing are different from the old thing. Have they become worse? Well, I don't think so. I like the CLI best of all, always have and alway will, but if I had to chose a GUI, well, the ISC is just as good as the old thing... it just provides an interface to everything added to TSM in the last 4 releases ;-) -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards, Remco Post
