P.S. By "what you are looking for", I mean a zip bundle of the PDF files. I regret that I have no satisfactory answer regarding the Admin Guide.
Andy ____________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | [email protected] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: Product support: https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager Online documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html Product Wiki: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2016-06-07 17:55:10: > From: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS > To: [email protected] > Date: 2016-06-07 17:56 > Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Hi Roger, > > Yes, I remember meeting you as well, that was a long time ago! > > I was talking with one of our senior ID (Information Development) engineers > and she pointed me to this "Easter egg", which I believe has what you are > looking for. Note that since version 7.1.5 is a server-only level, the > books in that bundle reflect that: > > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/products/TSM/current/ > > I am going to see if we can find a way to prominently position that link on > our actual knowledge base pages (the "PDF files" section in the TOC is a > logical choice...). > > Best regards, > > Andy > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | [email protected] > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/tivoli_storage_manager > > Online documentation: > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > 20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2016-06-07 > 12:57:27: > > > From: Roger Deschner <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Date: 2016-06-07 12:58 > > Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > > > Thanks Andy. You've always been helpful to WDSF/ADSM/TSM/ISP customers; > > I still remember meeting you in person at a SHARE conference some years > > ago. These links are helpful while IBM sorts out its documentation mess. > > > > This discussion is why I have always saved PDFs whenever I ran across > > them, to an encrypted USB thumb drive that I carry with me, especially > > at places like heavily firewalled data centers or DR sites. I shudder to > > think what recovery would be like in an actual disaster with only online > > web "knowledge center" documentation to tell me how to proceed to > > recover my employer's critical business information as quickly as > > possible - if I could access the web at all. As we see here, even > > bookmarking those online sites is a pointless exercise, since the URLs > > change so frequently. Keeping this "bookshelf" of PDFs (backed up to TSM > > and to PCs both at work and at home) should be a crucial part of any DR > > plan. I'll be using this list of URLs to update my bookshelf. > > > > It is also why I have written previously (at length, to the point of > > admittedly becoming redundant) about the removal of the Administrator's > > Guide as a single book, and scattering its priceless collection of > > content to the winds in the form of thousands of online web pages. > > > > Again, thnaks Andy! > > > > Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [email protected] > > ======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.===== > > > > > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2016, Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > > >I hear and feel (and see) the pain, and have passed the comments on. > Let's > > >just say that some things are not immediately in our control... > > > > > >At any rate, for now I suggest using this landing page: > > > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7 > > > > > >>From there: > > > > > >1. Select a product version from the drop-down list near the left-hand > > >upper corner of the page. For example, if I select 7.1.5, it will take > me > > >to this page: > > > > > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html > > > > > >2. In the upper left corner of the page you should see a "breadcrumb" > trail > > >like this: > > > > > > icon > Tivoli Storage Manager > Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.5 > > > > >Welcome > > > > > >If you click on that icon, that will open a table-of-contents (TOC) that > > >should look familiar. > > > > > >3. If you do not immediately see what you are looking for (like info > about > > >Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server), click on the "Product suites > and > > >related products" link in the TOC, and in the right hand side you should > > >see links to the products you are looking for. > > > > > >ALTERNATIVELY > > > > > >1. From the landing page, click a product (like Tivoli Storage Manager > for > > >Databases) in the "Find related products" section. It will take you to a > > >page like this: > > > > > > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR/landing/welcome_sstfzr.html > > > > > > >2. Select a product version from the drop-down list (this time it will > show > > >7.1.4 as the latest because there is no 7.1.5 for this product). > > > > > >3. Once again you will see the breadcrumb trail in the upper left > corner. > > >Click on the icon to see the TOC. > > > > > >Best regards, > > > > > >Andy > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > >Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | [email protected] > > > > > >IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > > >Product support: > > >https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > > tivoli_storage_manager > > > > > >Online documentation: > > > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > > > > > >Product Wiki: > > >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/ > > Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager > > > > > >"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2016-06-06 > > >13:16:02: > > > > > >> From: Stefan Folkerts <[email protected]> > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Date: 2016-06-06 13:18 > > >> Subject: Re: Spectrum Protect documentatie on Knowledgecenter site > > >> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > >> > > >> Thanks all, saved my day tomorrow with the pdf links guy's. > > >> > > >> Please IBM don't mess around with the documentation, this stuff is > > >> essential to get right and keeping simple and fast access is a > necessity. > > >> > > >> So please keep it simple, keep it in one place, give us a webinterface > > >that > > >> makes it easy to select versions and find the stuff we need. HTML is > fine > > >> but also give us complete pdf files please without going to some wiki > of > > >> ftp link, bundles of all documentation per version are a nice addition > > >but > > >> just make it easy to find later on not just a ftp directory and/or > some > > >> obscure wiki page somewhere. > > >> Without quick and easy access to pdf files we can get into trouble > with > > >our > > >> work, I for one don't have web access everywhere due to all sorts of > > >> restrictions. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Using the link that Heinz provided, I found > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_7.1.4/db.common/ > > >> welcome.html > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Pam > > >> > > > >> > Pam Pagnotta > > >> > Sr. System Engineer > > >> > Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet > > >> > Contractor to US. Department of Energy > > >> > Office of the CIO/IM-622 > > >> > Office: 301-903-5508 > > >> > Mobile: 301-335-8177 > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > >Of > > >> > Stefan Folkerts > > >> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 12:25 PM > > >> > To: [email protected] > > >> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on > Knowledgecenter > > >site > > >> > > > >> > The installing and upgrading links give some information but I still > > >can't > > >> > find the mssql 7.1.x documentation on the site since the revamp. > > >> > > > >> > I don't understand what the vision of the knowledge center is at the > > >> > moment, i used to be able to find everything there and now it just > > >seems > > >> > very limited, maybe I should call it broken even. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) < > > >> > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Stefan, > > >> > > > > >> > > I guess I had bookmarked the .pdf files. here is the link for the > > >7.1.0 > > >> > > products > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/ > > >> com.ibm.itsm.ic.doc/welcome.html > > >> > > > > >> > > Then I chose Installing and upgrading the products on the left > side > > >of > > >> > the > > >> > > page > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/ > > >> com.ibm.itsm.nav.doc/r_inst_links.html > > >> > > > > >> > > There are similar links on the 7.1.4 Knowledge Center page > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.4/tsm/welcome.html > > >> > > > > >> > > Just not on the 7.1.5 Knowledge Center page. > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > Pam > > >> > > > > >> > > Pam Pagnotta > > >> > > Sr. System Engineer > > >> > > Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet > > >> > > Contractor to US. Department of Energy > > >> > > Office of the CIO/IM-622 > > >> > > Office: 301-903-5508 > > >> > > Mobile: 301-335-8177 > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > > >> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > > >Of > > >> > > Stefan Folkerts > > >> > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:33 AM > > >> > > To: [email protected] > > >> > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on > > >Knowledgecenter > > >> > site > > >> > > > > >> > > Thanks Pamela, that links helps me out for tomorrow so thank you > very > > >> > much! > > >> > > :-) > > >> > > > > >> > > But what happend to the other documentation >7.1.0? > > >> > > > > >> > > When I go to the latest versions I only see some links and a tiny > bit > > >of > > >> > > information but nothing like what we had just a month or two ago. > > >> > > It is like i'm missing something, it has moved or IBM is not done > > >with > > >> > the > > >> > > revamp of the site but if anybody knows where I can find the > recent > > >full > > >> > > MSSQL documentation I would love to know. > > >> > > > > >> > > Regards, > > >> > > Stefan > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Pagnotta, Pamela (CONTR) < > > >> > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > > > Hello Stefan, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I see what you mean by the link you have. I could not find > anything > > >> > with > > >> > > > that link. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I did find this, though, but starting with the 7.1.0 IBM > Knowledge > > >> > > Center. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGSG7_7.1.0/ > > >> com.ibm.itsm.mail.dom.doc/b_dp_dom_win.pdf > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/ > > >> com.ibm.itsm.nav.doc/r_pdfs.html > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Hope this helps, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Pam > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Pam Pagnotta > > >> > > > Sr. System Engineer > > >> > > > Criterion Systems, Inc./ActioNet > > >> > > > Contractor to US. Department of Energy > > >> > > > Office of the CIO/IM-622 > > >> > > > Office: 301-903-5508 > > >> > > > Mobile: 301-335-8177 > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- > > >> > > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On > > >Behalf > > >> > Of > > >> > > > Stefan Folkerts > > >> > > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 11:04 AM > > >> > > > To: [email protected] > > >> > > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Spectrum Protect documentatie on > Knowledgecenter > > >site > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Hi all, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Three of four times the past week I have been searching the > > >bookmark I > > >> > > had > > >> > > > for the Spectrum Protect Knowledgecenter site ( > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.5/tsm/welcome.html > > >> > > ) > > >> > > > for documentation I needed, I usually use the .pdf documentation > > >since > > >> > I > > >> > > > find it easier to search in it when needed. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I can't find what I am searching for anymore, the site seems to > > >have > > >> > > > changed and I think I am missing something. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I am looking for the mail/domino/windows install/user guides, > can > > >> > > somebody > > >> > > > please point me in the right direction? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Regards, > > >> > > > Stefan > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >
