ADSM/TSM-Related Links

• ACCC ADSM FAQs:
  • ACCC FAQ - ADSM for Windows and Macs
  • ACCC FAQ - dsmc for UNIX
    
    
• If you are eligible, you can use the following links to install TSM or upgrade your current installation.
  • The TSM FTP site is at: ftp://ftp.uic.edu/pub/adsm_clients/clients/
    
    
  • The ADSM/TSM Web registration page is at: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/newdsreg.pl
    (The registration page works in newer IEs and Netscape/Mozillas.)
    
    
  • If you're upgrading, you can download a copy of the UIC-specific dsm.opt file at: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/newdsopt.pl

We copied the IBM Tivoli manuals to the ACCC Web space because IBM/Tivioli has a long history of moving their ADSM/TSM documentation around on their Web site (and even from one Web site to another) and therefore breaking our links to them.

The current (when this page was last updated) location of the Tivoli online documentation is the Tivoli software information center:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client publications book are available in softcopy Adobe Acrobat Reader format (.pdf) and HTML (.htm) format on the Tivoli Storage Manager information center at the following page:

Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Clients publications

Or use the links in the TSM client Help menu -- nope; they are broken now.

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, download and install it now. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

These TSM manuals are also available in Adobe Acrobat format; they are the first thing when you expand the table of contents on the left hand side.

• Tivoli Storage Management Concepts (4.8 MB)
  
  
• TSM Bare Metal Restore for Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server (short and sweet, 2.2 MB)
• IBM Tivoli Storage Manager: Bare Machine Recover for Microsoft Windows 2003 and XP (76 pages, 4.8 MB)

Version 5.5 Tivoli Manuals (Unless otherwise stated)

• Mac OS X 10.5, Version 5.5; Mac OS X 10.4.7 to 10.4.11, Version 5.4; and Mac OS X 10.3.9 to 10.4.6, Version 5.3 (all about 3.8 MB)
• UNIX: Linux, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX (6.0 MB)
• Windows 95, 98, Me, NT by Microsoft (Version 4.2) (1.8 MB)
• Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 Server by Microsoft (6.7 MB)



• Error Messages Reference Manual (14.5 MB)
• Using the Application Program Interface (This manual is not for the timid; its stated purpose is: "This manual includes instructions for a user to add API calls to an existing application. You should be familiar with C programming language and Tivoli Storage Manager functions.") (2.0 MB)