[Macpartners] Patched Mac TSM backup client available

[Patrick Whitney]

Hello Mac Partners,

Information Services and Technology, IS&T, is writing to inform you that we 
have an important fix available for a bug found in the Mac TSM v5.3.2 
backup client.

This email notification is also being sent to Macintosh users that are 
currently using version 5.3.2.

The bug affects how TSM manages the password on the users machine. What we 
have observed is that, in some cases, the TSM client software is 
prematurely invalidating the stored TSM password which could prevent the 
users data from being backed up.

On 5/17/06, the IBM patched version 5.3.4, was made available on MIT's 
website: http://web.mit.edu/software/mac.html

We strongly advise that anyone using v5.3.2 upgrade their TSM client to 
version 5.3.4 otherwise there is the risk that a their backup will not 
complete due to an invalid password.

After updating, if they are unable to connect, the TSM password may need to 
be reset. This can be done by visiting:

  https://backup-w.mit.edu/cgi-bin/resettsmpw.cgi


If you have any questions or problems with this upgrade, please send mail 
to tsm-systems at mit.edu . For general questions about TSM backup, contact 
the computing Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu .


On behalf of the TSM Support Team,
Patrick Whitney
TSM Administrator
VM Systems Services Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
pwhitney at mit.edu
617-253-5767