Allen, From what I've heard, you should send this note through your marketing channels (as a DCR).
..Paul At 12:41 PM 4/30/2010, Allen S. Rout wrote: >>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:49:18 -0500, Robert Murphy <[email protected]> said: > > >> This is Robert Murphy with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Line. >> Regarding PMR 42841,442,000, > >> TSM 6.1 Linux Backup-Archive client "best effort" supported distributions >> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&tcss=Newsletter&uid=swg21417165 > > >I understand that you don't support install beyond RHEL and SLES, and >that's what I'm suggesting be changed. I've got a passel of links on >the topic, and am writing my own docs for my local user community. > >But I'm appealing through Official Channels to have Ubuntu added to >the supported list, because it's rapidly growing in my client >population. Others on the TSM mailing list appear to have similar >experiences. > >Ubuntu is becoming an important customer platform, maybe even the >dominant desktop. Users of the platform are accustomed to clicking an >entry in a GUI and having installs magically happen: the level of >polish is substantial. > >Telling this community of users that they need to go run alien, and >then make a few links, and oh, make sure you've got the 32-bit >compatibility libraries installed... > >The Debian population would take that set of instructions and be >happily content. The Ubuntu population is not, in general, equipped >to do so. It would advance IBM's goals to make the Ubuntu install >smooth. > > > >- Allen S. Rout -- Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 Manager, Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 Em: [email protected]
