[WinPartners] TSM 5.4 Windows and Macintish Release Announcement

[David Kalenderian]

Good Afternoon.

 

Information Services and Technology is pleased to announce the release of
and support for Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 5.4 for Windows and Macintosh.

 

Notable Features of TSM 5.4:

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- Support for Intel machines running Mac OS X. 

- Support for Windows Vista, which will be useful for testers and early
adopters of Microsoft's new operating system. Windows Vista is not
recommended at this time. For IS&T's current Vista support statement, go to:

 

               http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/vista/wait.html 

 

Who should upgrade:

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Windows - Recommended for all Windows users running Windows 2003 Server, XP
Professional SP2.

 

Mac OS X - Recommended for all Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.4 or
later on PowerPC or Intel machines.  

 

Known Issues:

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* Windows - Help Menu support is not included by default within TSM on
Vista. For more information, refer to 'Known Issues' section on The TSM for
Windows 5.4 page: 

               

               http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=745 

 

* Macintosh - After starting up TSM and optionally viewing the TSM
Preferences (via the Edit/Preferences menu), you may see the message
"Unknown System error." upon exiting the Preferences editor. This is a known
error and you will have to restart the TSM client.

 

* Both 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 from the MIT IS&T Software download page: 

 

               http://web.mit.edu/software/  

 

Please note that you need a current personal certificate to download this
software. If you do not have a current personal certificate, then you can
obtain one from:

 

               https://ca.mit.edu/ 

 

Getting Help:

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The TSM for Windows 5.4 page is located at:

 

               http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=745 

 

The TSM for Macintosh 5.4 page is located at:

 

               http://itinfo.mit.edu/product.php?vid=744             

 

If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the Computing Help
Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101.

 

Dave Kalenderian and Patrick Whitney, TSM Windows and Macintosh Product
Release Coordinators, on behalf of the TSM release team:

 

  Deb Bowser

  Atticus Gifford

  Alex Kozlov

  Al Willis

  Karl Witt

  Esther Yanow

 

 

David G. Kalenderian

Senior System Administrator

Information Services and Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

W91-213D

Cambridge, Ma 02139

(617) 253-7548

davek at mit.edu

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