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IBM TSM Client 5.x install (trial) on your Laptop using KVM Virtual Machines

This article shows how to install IBM Tivoli client software on Linux. Refer my earlier article on installing TSM server first. Requirements 1. Red Hat Linux 5.x operating system 2. TSM client software version 5.5 3. One virtual machine for tsm server running RHEL 5.x 4. Another virtual machine for tsm client running RHEL 5.x Downloads TSM Client software - ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v5r5/Linux/LinuxX86/v554/   Installing TSM Client First install the operating system and network interface. I kept the VM with 8GB hard disk and 1 GB RAM. Un-tar/unzip the TSM server software. Install the extracted rpm's in following order: rpm -ivh TIVsm-API.i386.rpm rpm -ivh TIVsm-API64.rpm rpm -ivh TIVsm-BA.rpm   Configuring the tsm client cd /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin cp -p ./dsm.sys.smp dsm.sys and edit dsm.sys to look like below:     SErvername         SERVER1   ...

Install IBM Tivoli TSM 5.5 Backup Server (trial) on your Laptop using Linux KVM virtual machine

This article will guide you to install IBM TSM server on LINUX. Requirements Red Hat Linux 5.x operating system TSM server software version 5.x One virtual machine for tsm server running RHEL 5.x Another virtual machine for tsm client running RHEL 5.x Downloads TSM Server software - ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/server/v5r5/Linux/5.5.7.000/x86_64/ TSM Client software - ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v5r5/Linux/LinuxX86/v554/  Installing TSM Server First install the operating system and network interface. I kept the VM with 8GB hard disk and 1 GB RAM. Un-tar/unzip the TSM server software. Run the installation script      ./install_server   and accept the trial license and select Basic Server install, the installation should finish successfully. In case you get package dependencies, make sure you have a RHEL 5.x repository available to you...