[Macpartners] IS&T recommends Tivoli Storage Manager for Intel-based Macintoshes

[Albert Willis]

Good afternoon.

Today Information Services and Technology is announcing that users of  
Intel-based Macintoshes, especially those in departments, labs and  
centers, should use Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.2.3 for backing up  
their machines. This is the recommended interim solution until Tivoli  
releases a new version of TSM, which is not expected until late this  
year or early 2007.

Known Issues
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Scheduled backups are not available when using TSM 5.2.3 on Intel- 
based Macintoshes--backups must be done manually. See "TSM 5.2.3 for  
Mac OS X: Back Up Files and Folders Manually" [1] for instructions on  
backing up manually.

[1] http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=7413

System Requirements
-------------------
IS&T recommends that users wishing to use TSM 5.2.3 on an Intel-based  
Macintosh should be running Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later; Mac OS X 10.4.7  
is recommended. Because TSM 5.2.3 requires Rosetta--an operating  
system component that translates PowerPC applications to run on Intel- 
based Macs--IS&T recommends at least 1 GB of memory.

How to Obtain
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TSM 5.2.3 can be downloaded from the MIT Software Download site [2].

[2] http://web.mit.edu/software/mac.html

Where to get help
-----------------
Documentation for using TSM 5.2.3 on Intel-based Macintoshes is now  
available [3], as well as an updated TSM 5.2.3 product page [4].

[3] http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8173
[4] http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=646&platform=Macintosh

If you need assistance with installing or using TSM 5.2.3, please  
contact the Computing Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or (617)  
253-1101.


______________________________
Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu