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 ...