[Macpartners] TSM 6.1 Release Announcement for Macintosh and Windows

[David G Kalenderian]

Good Afternoon.

Information Services and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce the release of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 6.1. This version of TSM supports Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7.

Who Should Upgrade
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Windows: IS&T recommends that all Windows users upgrade, including those running Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, XP Professional SP2, Vista, or Windows 7.

Macintosh: IS&T recommends the upgrade for Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 on PowerPC or Intel machines. Please note that TSM 6.1 does not support Mac OS X 10.4 or earlier versions.

Known Issues
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Windows:  The 64-bit Windows client will be released at a later date.

Macintosh:  TSM 6.1 supports Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with the exception that system files in the HFS-compressed format are restored as uncompressed.

Windows and Macintosh: For scheduled backups to occur, your computer must be ON and not in sleep mode.

How to Obtain
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You can download TSM 6.1 from the IS&T Available Software page<http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/available-software?field_soft_app_type_value_many_to_one=backup&field_platform_value_many_to_one=All&field_mit_status_value_many_to_one_1=All> (certificates required<http://ist.mit.edu/services/certificates>).

WIN.MIT.EDU<http://ist.mit.edu/services/servers/windows/winmitedu> container administrators may opt-in to the software install via the Win.mit.edu Deployment Opt-In/Out Management page<https://wince.mit.edu/optoutrollout/index.jsp> (certificates required<http://ist.mit.edu/services/certificates>).

Getting Help
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IS&T has published a TSM 6.1 for Windows page <http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/tsm/61/windows>  and a TSM 6.1 for Macintosh page<http://ist.mit.edu/services/software/tsm/61/macintosh>.

If you have questions or need assistance, please send email to the Computing Help Desk<mailto:computing-help at mit.edu> or call 617.253.1101. You can also submit a request online<http://ist.mit.edu/support>.

Dave Kalenderian and Patrick Whitney
TSM Windows and Macintosh Product Release Coordinators
TSM Release Team
OIS, Information Services and Technology
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