Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-02-04 Thread Rick Adamson
Well said Roger, I agree wholeheartedly ! -Rick Adamson -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Deschner Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 9:28 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Gu

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-02-04 Thread Vandeventer, Harold [OITS]
Excellent! My thoughts exactly re the Information Center. One can find what you already know about (to clarify a detail), but getting the big picture view requires that 1,000 pages and more of the Admin Guide. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.E

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-02-04 Thread Rhodes, Richard L.
topic. So I also download the PDF's and use them almost exclusively. Rick -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Cowen Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 10:28 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Bring back TSM A

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-02-03 Thread Richard Cowen
I could not have expressed my own opinions better- thank you Roger. I still remember being skeptical going from the IBM Red Books (real paper) to PDF's. But it's not the same leap going to online "information centers". With each new release, I try again, but I am always disappointed. Maybe it's

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-02-03 Thread Roger Deschner
I'm glad that the last PDFs of this valuable book at Version 7.1.1 are being made more widely available. I have already downloaded that PDF to the USB thumb drive I carry around everywhere, for access regardless of the network condition. This could be in a disaster recovery scenario, or at a client

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2016-01-27 Thread Clare Byrne
Following up on this thread, the 7.1.1 Administrator's Guide PDFs are now available in IBM Knowledge Center at http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.1/com.ibm.itsm.tsm.doc/r_pdfs_tsm.html This is in addition to where they were available before, in the .zip file and on the Tivoli

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-22 Thread Hans Christian Riksheim
documentation, I wonder how far they would get. This is why this mailing > list is SO great! > > Rick > > > > -Original Message- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of > Roger Deschner > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:06 PM

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-17 Thread Rhodes, Richard L.
L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide Thank you for your response Clare. It's good to know these comments are being read. There are a large number of areas that cannot be covered separately. A very large topic is Policy, which is one of Spectrum Protect'

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-16 Thread Roger Deschner
Thank you for your response Clare. It's good to know these comments are being read. There are a large number of areas that cannot be covered separately. A very large topic is Policy, which is one of Spectrum Protect's hardest to understand areas, yet it affects and is affected by everything else.

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-15 Thread Markus Engelhard
One more on the topic: the admin guide has always been a great starting point for a one-stop doc to set aside printed documentation for a true dr: printed out as an addition to the home-grown documentation and available without internet or local file access. Apart from this it has also served as a

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-15 Thread J. Pohlmann
Hi Clare. The Admin Guide provided a one-stop shopping approach to all functional areas of Spectrum Protect. I think this is what's missing from the current documentation. Clearly the Admin Guide was aimed at an experienced person as opposed to a novice. In an initial Spectrum Protect implementatio

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-15 Thread Clare Byrne
Please be assured that we in IBM development are listening and are discussing future actions regarding the Administrator's Guide content since the feedback about the 7.1.3 release that did not include that book. I gave some information in a response to that earlier feedback: http://www.mail-arc

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Erwann SIMON
Hi Stephan, Our concern is about Administrator's Guide, not Administrator's Reference wich is hopefully still available. Last available version for this Guide is 7.1.1. -- Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي Erwann SIMON - Mail original - De: "Stefan Bender" À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.E

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Stefan Bender
Hi all, the Admin Guides are still there. May be a little complicate to identify. If you look in this page "Server documentation in PDF files": http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.4/srv.common/r_pdf_srv.html?lang=en , you can find a row for "Using commands and options " for e

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread George Huebschman IV
Ah. I thought That I was just looking in the wrong place or searching poorly. -Original Message- From: "Rick Adamson" Sent: ‎12/‎14/‎2015 9:17 To: "ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU" Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide I agree many times I have had to refer to one of the

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Rick Adamson
I agree many times I have had to refer to one of the PDF's after IBM has made the decision to remove it from availability. They are a priceless resource when dealing with an issue on a version that is no longer supported and hence online doco has been removed. -Rick Adamson 904.783.5264 -

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Loon, EJ van (ITOPT3) - KLM
One speaker from IBM on the TSM Symposium in Germany last September told us that this was a money driven decision. Apparently creating an Admin Guide is a very expensive process. He also stated that if we customers still feel this manual should return, we should request for it through our IBM co

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Richard Cowen
I, too, would ask however made this decision to rethink it. I have Guides I have used since 1999: v37 v51 v52 v53 v54 v55 v61 v62 v63 v71 Why stop publishing them (particularly in pdf form?) Richard PS. Kudos to Adobe for creating a truly "portable" format and retaining backward compatibility al

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Billaudeau, Pierre
I fully agree !!! Pierre Billaudeau Admin stockage SAQ -Message d'origine- De : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] De la part de Roger Deschner Envoyé : 11 décembre 2015 20:39 À : ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Objet : [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide A great book

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Erwann SIMON
I remember the time when Andy Raibeck was advising to read it cover to cover... Yes, please, bring the Admin Guide back. -- Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي Erwann SIMON - Mail original - De: "Roger Deschner" À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Envoyé: Samedi 12 Décembre 2015 02:39:28 Objet

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-14 Thread Otto Chvosta
Agree ! ... the silent beginning of the end ! Otto Chvosta - Backup/Storage-Administration Medical University of Vienna IT Systems & Communications 1090 vienna, Spitalgasse 23 E-mail: otto.chvo...@meduniwien.ac.at office: +43 (0)1 40160 21240 Am 12.12.20

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-13 Thread Rainer Tammer
Hello, I agree!!! Bye Rainer Tammer On 12.12.2015 02:39, Roger Deschner wrote: > A great book is gone. The TSM Administrator's Guide has been obsoleted > as of v7.1.3. Its priceless collection of how-to information has been > scattered to the winds, which basically means it is lost. A pity, > b

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-13 Thread Spearman, Wayne
Agreed! -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael Malitz Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 5:41 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: AW: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide Agree Agree Agree!!! Michael Malitz -Ursprüngliche

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-12 Thread Stef Coene
I have a better idea: bring me back a basic version of TSM based on the old DB. Stef

Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

2015-12-12 Thread J. Pohlmann
Fully agree. Joerg Pohlmann -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Deschner Sent: December 11, 2015 17:39 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide A great book is gone. The TSM Administrator