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The IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server for Linux on IA64 is available. The following sections provide information on installation and other resources.

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Description

Tivoli Storage Manager Fix Pack 5.4.1.0 supports Linux IA64 architecture on RHEL 4, RHEL 5, SLES9, and SLES10. Functional capabilities for the Tivoli Storage Manager server and passthru device driver remain the same as for other supported Linux architectures. The following information applies to the new architecture support:
  • Centera storage devices are not supported.
  • Generic tape and raw logical volumes are not supported.
  • ACSLS libraries are not supported.
  • The Adaptec 3960D Ultra160 SCSI HBA driver, Version 6.2.36 for RHEL 4, RHEL 5, SLES 9, and SLES10 is outdated. If you are using this device driver on Quantum SDLT600 and ULTRIUM 3 drives, various 16 byte SCSI commands will fail and Tivoli Storage Manager will be unable to use the devices. Please use fibre channel adapters for these types of tape devices on Linux IA64 platforms. For more information see Technote 1259749.
Backward compatibility

See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server/Client Compatibility and Upgrade Considerations for general backward compatibility information.

Installation note for RHEL5

When installing the Tivoli Storage Manager server or storage agent on RHEL5, ensure that the C++ compatibility libraries are installed before attempting to install Tivoli Storage Manager. If these libraries are not installed, the Tivoli Storage Manager installation will fail due to missing dependencies. The packages that need to be installed are compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138 or later version, and compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61 or later version. These packages can be obtained from the RHEL5 installation CDs, or from the Red Hat Network web site.

RPM packages for IA64
You can find the RPM packages available for the IA64 architecture in the ia64/ directory. Packages can be installed on 64-bit RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9 and SLES10. The package names are as follows:
Software packages to install
  • TIVsm-server-5.4.1-0.ia64.rpm - Tivoli Storage Manager server
  • TIVsm-tsmscsi-5.4.1-0.ia64.rpm - Tivoli Storage Manager non-IBM devices support
  • TIVsm-stagent-5.4.1-0.ia64.rpm - Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent
  • TIVsm-license-5.4.1-0.ia64.rpm - Tivoli Storage Manager license enabler
Language packages
You can find the language packages available for the IA64 architecture in the noarch/ directory. Packages can be installed on RHEL4, RHEL5, SLES9 and SLES10.
Available language packages
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.de_DE-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.de_DE.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.en_US.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.es_ES-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.es_ES.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.fr_FR-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.fr_FR.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.it_IT-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.it_IT.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.ja_JP-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.ja_JP.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.ko_KR-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.ko_KR.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.pt_BR-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.pt_BR.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.zh_CN-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.zh_CN.gb18030-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.zh_CN.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.zh_TW-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.zh_TW.euctw-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm
  • TIVsm-cmdlinehelp.zh_TW.utf8-5.4.1-0.noarch.rpm

Installing Tivoli Storage Manager components

To install a server fix pack, you must have the Tivoli Storage Manager license package installed. The license package is provided with the purchase of the 5.4.1 fix pack release. Storage agent installations do not require a license package.

Server and device support installation
The default installation location for Tivoli Storage Manager packages is /opt. To install to a different location, use the --prefix option in RPM. Refer to Red Hat Package Manager documentation, included with RPM, for details on its use.
  1. Create a temporary directory and download the files into it. Then, extract the RPM packages. For example, issue the following commands:
    mkdir tsm
    cd tsm
    bunzip2 5.4.1.0-TIV-TSMSRV-LinuxIA64.tar.bz
    tar xvf 5.4.1.0-TIV-TSMSRV-LinuxIA64.tar
  2. Run the install script command to display the license agreement and install the server and device support packages. Issue the following:

    ./install_server

  3. Once you have accepted the license agreement, a menu will be displayed with all the available RPM packages for the corresponding platforms. At this point, you can either quit the install_server script by pressing ’q’ followed by the Enter key, or select packages from the menu to be installed. If you exit the menu, you can still install any of the RPM packages that correspond to your platform manually.
Storage agent installation
  1. Create a temporary directory and download the storage agent files into it. Then, extract the RPM packages. For example, issue the following commands:
    mkdir tsm
    cd tsm
    bunzip2 5.4.1.0-TIV-TSMSTA-LinuxIA64.tar.bz2
    tar xvf 5.4.1.0-TIV-TSMSTA-LinuxIA64.tar
  2. Install the storage agent.
    • For a first time installation, issue the following:

      rpm -ivh TIVsm-stagent-5.4.1-0.ia64.rpm

    • To upgrade your existing storage agent, issue the following:

      rpm -Uvh TIVsm-stagent-5.4.1-0.ia64.rpm --prefix /usr

Manual installation
If you are installing the product for the first time on your machine:
  • Use the command rpm -ivh , where pkgname is the RPM file you want to install. For example, issue the following, where x.x is the release level, y-y is the interim fix level, and zzz is the architecture:

    rpm -ivh TIVsm-server-x.x.y-y.zzz.rpm

If you are upgrading to a later version of the product:
  • Use the command rpm -Uvh , where pkgname is the RPM file name. Note that if an older version of the product is installed under a non-default file system, you will need to use the --prefix rpm option so that the new version gets installed in the correct file system. For example, issue the following where x.x is the release level, y-y is the interim fix level, and zzz is the architecture of the level you want to upgrade to:

    rpm -Uvh TIVsm-server-x.x.y-y.zzz.rpm --prefix /usr

Uninstalling Tivoli Storage Manager components

Before removing your Tivoli Storage Manager server or storage agent, you must halt all active server or storage agent processes. If you attempt to uninstall a Tivoli Storage Manager component before all processes for that component have been halted, an error message will be issued and the uninstallation will stop. It is recommended that you perform a full database backup before uninstalling the Tivoli Storage Manager server. For more information on database backups, see the BACKUP DB command in the Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's Reference for Linux.

To uninstall Tivoli Storage Manager components:
  1. Determine which Tivoli Storage Manager packages you have installed by issuing the following command:

    rpm -qa | grep TIVsm

  2. Uninstall a package by issuing the following command:

    rpm -e <packagenames>

    where packagenames is one or more installed package names, separated by a space.

    For example: rpm -e TIVsm-tsmscsi TIVsm-server

Other supported Linux environments

For system requirements on other supported Linux architectures, see the Server Requirements page.

For installations on other supported Linux architectures, see the Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Storage Agent Fix Pack Installation Instructions for 5.4.x.x.

Documentation

Visit the Tivoli Storage Manager Information Center for complete documentation on Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux. In the left frame, expand the Storage Manager for Linux Server topic to view publications available for the server.

Updates, limitations and known problems

Updates, limitations, and known problems for the Tivoli Storage Manager server are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base, and are available at the Tivoli Storage Manager Product Support web site. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems. To view updates, limitations and known problems documented since the release of Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4, see the following sections.

Limitations and Known Problems

Fix history

View server APARs fixed since Version 5.4

Contacting IBM Support

IBM Support provides assistance with product defects. For more information about contacting IBM Support, see the Tivoli Storage Manager product support web site.