We currently expect desktop Windows PC users to store documents on file servers, and back up the file servers but not the desktop systems with TSM. While this arrangement protects files created by PC users, a lot of registry keys and configuration files containing preferences and settings will still be lost if a desktop PC hard disk fails. We are looking into the possibility of backing up this kind of information.
One of the possible approaches is installing TSM client software on each desktop PC. We currently run a 4.2 server under OS/390. We will probably upgrade the server to 5.1 by the time we are ready to deploy any mechanism for saving desktop PC settings. We pay for the TSM server, including client licenses, on a monthly charge basis. Does anyone know what the monthly license charge for desktop PC clients is under TSM 5.1? If we go through with the proposal to save desktop settings, we will need to find out where each of a sizable number of software products stores user settings. Are there any compilations of this kind of information available?
