Hi all, the Admin Guides are still there. May be a little complicate to identify. If you look in this page "Server documentation in PDF files": http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.4/srv.common/r_pdf_srv.html?lang=en , you can find a row for "Using commands and options " for example. These point to the admin guides, like http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/nl/en-us/SSGSG7_7.1.4/srv.reference/b_srv_admin_ref_linux.pdf for Linux.
I hope that helps. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards Stefan Bender Hechtsheimer Strasse 2 / 55131 Mainz / Germany IBM Software Development "IBM Spectrum Protect" Tel. ++49-6131-846989 or ++49-7034-643-2773 / Fax. ++49-06131 -84-2520 / email: stefan.ben...@de.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH / Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Koederitz Geschäftsführung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen / Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 From: Rick Adamson <rickadam...@segrocers.com> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Date: 14.12.2015 15:18 Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> I agree.... many times I have had to refer to one of the PDF's after IBM has made the decision to remove it from availability. They are a priceless resource when dealing with an issue on a version that is no longer supported and hence online doco has been removed. -Rick Adamson 904.783.5264 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Roger Deschner Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 8:39 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide A great book is gone. The TSM Administrator's Guide has been obsoleted as of v7.1.3. Its priceless collection of how-to information has been scattered to the winds, which basically means it is lost. A pity, because this book had been a model of complete, well-organized, documentation. The "Solution Guides" are suitable only for planning a new TSM installation, and do not address existing TSM sites. Furthermore, they are much too narrow, and do not cover real-world existing TSM customers. For instance, we use a blended disk and tape solution (D2D2D2T) to create a good working compromise between faster restore and storage cost. Following links to topics in the online Information Center is a haphazard process at best, which is never repeatable. There is no Index or Table of Contents for the online doc - so you cannot even see what information is there. Unless you actually log in, there is no way to even leave a "trail of breadcrumbs". Browser bookmarks are useless here, due to IBM's habit of changing URLs frequently. This is an extremely inefficient use of my time in finding out how to do something in TSM. Search is not an acceptable replacement for good organization. Search is necessary, but it cannot stand alone. Building a "collection" is not an answer to this requirement. It still lacks a coherent Index or Table of Contents, so once my collection gets sizeable, it is also unuseable. And with each successive version, I will be required to rebuild my collection from scratch all over again. Despite the fact that it had become fairly large, I humbly ask that the Administrator's Guide be published again, as a single PDF, in v7.1.4. Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago rog...@uic.edu ======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=====