ADSM/TSM Network File Backup for Personal Workstations

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ADSM/TSM - Network Backup
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ADSM/TSM Tivoli Storage Manager Network File Backup for Personal Workstations

Note September 27, 2007: Security Problem Forces Client Updates

We have been informed of a security exposure in the Tivoli Storage Manager client software, in a part called the Client Acceptor Daemon. Because this security hole exists in the client software, rather than the server software, we cannot fix it. Instead you have to fix it -- you must update to the newest versions of the TSM client for your platform.

The CAD exists in the TSM client on all modern platforms, including Windows, Macintosh, and all Unix including Linux. This vulnerability directly applies to all UIC Mac OS X TSM users, and it could possibly affect any other platform as well. The only platforms this does not affect are obsolete; the CAD does not run on Windows 95, 98, or Me, or on Mac OS9.

Our own installation Web pages only tell you to use the CAD on Macs. But the IBM manuals for all platforms do tell you how to use it on all platforms, and some people at UIC have used it on other platforms because it conserves some resources on your machine. Verifying whether or not you are using it is somewhat complicated.

We have uploaded the fixed versions to ADSM Download and ftp.uic.edu.
We strongly urge everyone to install the new client version for their platform right away. Otherwise your machine is vulnerable to being hacked via the TSM Client Acceptor Daemon, now that the existence of this security hole has been published.

In most cases, the new version can simply be installed on top of the previous version, and all your settings will be saved. You will need to reboot after upgrading, in order for the automatic scheduler to be restarted with the new fixed code.

ADSM has completely changed, including the software's name -- it's now Tivoli Storage Manager -- and we have a new, larger machine running it, which means that ADSM can now easily handle many more users.

Only faculty and staff are eligible to use TSM; only one personal workstation per person, and that workstation has to be on the UIC campus and on the UIC campus wired network. (Not wireless, cable, DSL, or dialin lines.) You must use a newer copy of Netscape or Internet Explorer when you register for TSM.

ADSM backups allow you to retrieve files you inadvertently erase or to recover from hard disk failure. Use ADSM to back up your personal computer over the network, unattended. Do it before you lose files.

We make ADSM backups of your files on the ACCC UNIX servers for you; you can use the DSM and DSMC UNIX commands to restore files from these backups.

See ADSM Backup for FaCT Personal Computers for instructions on setting up FaCT faculty computers up to use ADSM.

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