Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Andrew Raibeck
The support portal is intended to provide our customers with a centralized view of all technical support tools and information across IBM systems, software, and services, that can be tailored for your needs. It is my understanding that, in general, the feedback for the new portal model has very pos

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Ken Bury
You can email s...@us.ibm.com with your suggestions and comments. There are a number of tutorial videos that introduce the new IBM Support Portal concepts, check those out too. https://www-950.ibm.com/blogs/SPNA/entry/the_ibm_support_portal_videos?lang=en_us Ken Bury Senior IT Specialist, Tivoli

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Kelly Lipp
I'm fed up and I won't take it anymore! Oh, shoot. Where will I go? Kelly Lipp Chief Technology Officer www.storserver.com 719-266-8777 x7105 STORServer solves your data backup challenges. Once and for all. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu]

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Wanda Prather
OK. Can someone on the list, or someone from Tivoli who monitors this list, give us a contact point within IBM where we can take these complaints? We should be bombarding them directly... On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Kelly Lipp wrote: > I particularly enjoy the ten product limit. > > Kel

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Kelly Lipp
I particularly enjoy the ten product limit. Kelly Lipp Chief Technology Officer www.storserver.com 719-266-8777 x7105 STORServer solves your data backup challenges. Once and for all. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Zarnows

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Paul Zarnowski
In the list of servers, they had some p5 servers listed, but nothing for p6. WTF? In the list of network adapters, they had 10/100 and 10G. But no 1G. WTF? If your going to list specific items, list them all or don't get into that level of detail. So assuming that I *could* list my specifi

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Ok, I tried it. It's an abomination. 1. It's slow. 2. The links I tried did not go where they were supposed to go. 3. In setting up my list of products, I found I could only list 10. Do you know how many TSM-related products there are? Add your server and storage, and there's no way you can k

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Harvey, Bruce T
Well, with a maximum of 10 products being permitted, keep your selections very general. I got too specific and was only able to enter half my subject areas. Why do folks always think small when it comes to allocating selections? Ah well ... progress: Looking forward while (*trip*smack*oof!). M

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Paul Zarnowski
Yet another change. Every time they "improve" things, they make it harder for us to find the same information we used to be able to get at. I'll give this a try before passing judgement. It looks like they are going to a portal model where you can customize your own experience. At 08:30 AM 12

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread adms mailing list
Sadly their products seem to be following the same model. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:31 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] IBM bureaucracy strikes again If you ha

Re: IBM bureaucracy strikes again

2009-12-22 Thread Huddle, Stephen R
Ech! What a pain. The new site doesn't even scale up for those of us with higher resolutions than 640x480(at least in IE). -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:31 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST