Hi, do not use TSM server 6.1, not even if you have no other options. 6.1 does not even begin to approach alpha quality software. IBM should never have shipped it. I can't think of a single good reason to install 6.1. Go with 6.2.3 or newer or 6.3 something.
On 27 feb. 2012, at 22:57, George Huebschman wrote: > We are getting the "Deployment Engine Failed to Initialize" when running > ./install.bin for TSM Server 6.1 on a clean new RHEL server. > I see lots of noise out here about this error, in and out of the TSM world. > > (We have another TSM installation of TSM 6.3 on a VM that isn't even QA as > such, just a practice install.) > Documetation specifies that there be 2GB available in the home directory. > We only have 1.6 GB, BUT so does the successful 6.3 install. > We had the error on the first and subsequent 3 attempts to run the > install. We did not find any .lock or .lck files. > I am told that SELINUX is set to permissive. > > Except for the home directory, the other space guidelines were met. > The install is being done as root. > > Looking at the TSM related posts about this issue, I didn't notice any for > releases after 6.1. > Is that because I didn't look hard enough? Or, was documentation improved, > or was a bug fixed? > Should I talk someone into 6.2 to get past this? > > Most of my experience has been with 5.* > I have read the install guide (most of it) for 6.2, which is what I thought > we were installing. Do I need to step back in documentation? > > > -- > George Huebschman > > "When you have a choice, spend money where you would prefer to work if you > had NO choice." -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, Remco Post r.p...@plcs.nl +31 6 248 21 622
