Kind of off subject, but somewhat relevant. If there are any former TKG customers who are looking for a new IBM business partner to supply RS/6000s / pSeries servers or IBM storage solutions (TSM, Shark, FAStT, etc) I would love the opportunity to win over your future business.
-- Joshua S. Bassi Freelance Consultant & IBM Server/Storage Sales Rep. IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM Cell (408)&(831) 332-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jeff Connor Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TKG's Bare Metal Restore That's about all we can do I guess. I'm already trying to fight off Veritas here and keep us standardized on TSM. I can't see myself saying to management "TSM is better, but can I buy this Veritas product to use with the TSM?". Their obvious answer would be "why not just buy the whole Veritas solution and avoid dealing with two vendors?". Tivoli needs to supply a native BMR solution, and a native HSM solution for NT/2000. It's nice that they have at least tried to partner with other vendors to provide a solution for what TSM cannot offer itself. The problem is these partnerships don't last. Remember AvailHSM? STAC? I'm guessing we'll be adding TKG to that list eventually. I think enough people want a TSM solution for BMR and a TSM HSM solution for NT/2000 that it warrants the Tivoli R&D dollars. I also realize that Tivoli has a lot of plans to bring new features to TSM and there are only so many R&D dollars to go around. However, as long as Tivoli continues to rely on partners for these solutions I'm going to be cautious about investing time and money in them. What do you all think? Jeff "Joshua S. Bassi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 01/08/2002 01:55:47 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: TKG's Bare Metal Restore Let's all keep our fingers crossed. And call our IBM marketing reps and ask for this type of functionality enhancement be added to the product. -- Joshua S. Bassi Freelance Consultant & IBM Server/Storage Sales Rep. IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM Cell (408)&(831) 332-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jeff Connor Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: TKG's Bare Metal Restore I was considering pitching BMR to managment again this year. I probably won't now. Perhaps this will force Tivoli to develop their own solution which would be much more desirable in my opinion. Hmmm.... if that works... maybe Veritas will purchase OTG so we can get a native TSM HSM solution for NT/2000. :) "Brown, Bud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 01/08/2002 12:00:58 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: TKG's Bare Metal Restore Is anybody currently using BMR and Tivoli concerned with this news? Please take a look at this URL. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/01/08/020108hnveritas.xml Bud Brown Information Services Systems Administrator 303-436-5986
