IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client V6.3 is available. Compatibility, installation, and other getting-started issues are addressed.
Tivoli Storage Manager is a client/server licensed product that provides storage management services in a multiplatform computer environment. You can use the backup-archive client to back up and archive files from workstations or file servers to storage, and restore and retrieve backup versions and archive copies of files to local workstations.
For a list of the APARs that have been resolved in this release, see the list of fixes at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21506837.
For compatibility with earlier versions, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218.
In Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3, the backup-archive client for IBM z/OS® UNIX System Services is at the version 6.1 functional level.
If you download the product from IBM Passport Advantage®, follow the directions in the download document http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg24030521.
For detailed instructions about installing the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients (UNIX, Linux, and Windows), see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3.
Updates and known problems are documented in the form of technotes in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal, at http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager. As problems are discovered and resolved, IBM software support updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems. See the following links for Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 Backup-Archive Client known problems:
The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 Performance Tuning Guide and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 Problem Determination Guide will be available after the Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 general availability date. For additional information, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022182.
IBM Software Support provides assistance with product defects. For more information about contacting IBM Software Support, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r3/topic/com.ibm.itsm.ic.doc/t_contact_software_support.html.