This is what UC Berkeley thinks about the new client. http://wssg.berkeley.edu/public/tsm_osx_issues.html
Jim Sporer At 02:16 PM 6/12/2002 -0600, you wrote: >*SMers, > >Well, I haven't seen a lot of flames about the TSM 5.1 Mac OS X client at >this ADSM/TSM Forum Listserv, and frankly, I'm surprised. > >I have an undergraduate computer science student working summers here for >us, who does web development, and knows his way around Mac OS in >general. Here's what he proposes for our "disclaimer" for the the Mac OS >X client before releasing it to our Mac population. I'm pretty astounded >that IBM/Tivoli let this one out the door: > > More Information Regarding the TSM Client for Mac OS X > > Before you download the TSM Client for Mac OS X, please read > more in-depth information about the shortcomings of the Client. > > The Scheduler May Not Work > We have had mixed success with running the Scheduler for Mac OS > X. Sometimes it will work and sometimes it will not. To make sure that your > computer backs up correctly, we recommend that you backup your > computer manually. > > So, now that you have to run manual backups, there is something > you need to know about that as well... > > You Will Always Be Asked for an Administrator Password > The TSM Client is going to require your Administrator name and > password every time you run it. Why is this? Well, the TSM Client runs as a > root process in order to backup all the files on your computer > properly (running as a root process means that the TSM Client does not > have to deal > with file permissions among other things). The way Mac OS X > allows for a program to run as a root process is to ask the user for an > Administrator password every time a program wants to run as a > root process. Thus, you get asked for that password every time you run the TSM > Client. It's crummy, we know. Hopefully this will be fixed in a > later release of the TSM Client for OS X. > > And last but not least, there are some serious problems with > the OS X client... > > Filenames Greater Than 32 Characters Will Not be Backed Up > The OS X TSM Client will NOT backup files that have names > longer than 32 characters. Make sure that all your important documents have > filenames that are 32 characters or less (that includes any > file extensions like .txt). > > Filenames with Special Characters Will Not be Backed Up > Also, the OS X TSM Client will NOT backup files that have > special characters in them. This means that files with accents, umlauts, > tildes, and > the like in their name will not be backed up. For example, a > file named "Piņon Forest Pictures" will not be backed up. Make sure that your > important documents do not have special characters in their names. > > The System Directory Will Not be Backed Up > The OS X TSM Client will not backup Mac OS X's System > directory. This means that if something happens to your OS X System > directory or any > of the files in it, you must reinstall Mac OS X to restore > files in the System directory to proper working condition. Make sure that > any important > documents are not saved in the System directory. > > If you still wish to use the Mac OS X TSM Client, please > proceed to the download page. > >=========================== > >I wonder if any others out there have had similar experiences, and >further, whether IBM/Tivoli intends to address these problems? > >Thanks. Regards to all. John Bremer
