Thomas, The statement about journal based backup not being supported on Windows 2003 servers has been corrected in the 6.2.2 version of the manual. The statement now reads:
Journal-based backup can be used for all Windows clients. http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_6.2.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/c_cfg_jbb.html - Andy ____________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Raibeck | Tivoli Storage Manager Level 3 Technical Lead | stor...@us.ibm.com IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/welcome Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2015-02-20 11:31:29: > From: Thomas Denier <thomas.den...@jefferson.edu> > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Date: 2015-02-20 11:35 > Subject: Journal based backup support for Windows 2003 > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > One of the TSM client systems at our site is a very large file > server. Weekday backups are consistently taking over 22 hours, with > occasional instances of a backup being missed because its > predecessor was still running. The system is an obvious candidate > for journal based backups. The system runs Windows 2003 and > currently has 6.2.4.0 client code installed. > > When I was checking for compatibility issues I found the following > statement on page 111 of the "Installation and User's Guide" for the > TSM 6.2 Windows client: > > Journal-based backup is supported for all Windows clients. > > I advised the client system administrator to configure the system > for journal based backups, and that process was completed yesterday. > > I just discovered the following on page 31 of the same document: > > Journal-based backup can be used for all Windows clients, except for > clients running on Windows Server 2003 systems. > > Which of the two contradictory statements is true? > > At best I will ending up spending a significant amount of time > verifying that the client configuration described above is > supported. At worst I have been tricked into advising a customer to > use an unsupported configuration. The TSM 6.2 developers apparently > didn't understand, or didn't care, that sloppy work does real harm > to customers. The TSM 7.1 server code is currently awaiting a > maintenance level that addresses the second crippling bug found > after the code was released, which suggests that the same attitude > toward sloppy work prevails to this day. > > Thomas Denier > Thomas Jefferson University > The information contained in this transmission contains privileged > and confidential information. It is intended only for the use of the > person named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or > duplication of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you are > not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and destroy all copies of the original message. > > CAUTION: Intended recipients should NOT use email communication for > emergent or urgent health care matters. >