Backup Central

We recently upgrade TSM to version 6.2 and have found out that the
Administration Center web interface will not work with any newer browsers.
It is certified to work with ie 6.0 and Firefox 2.0. Has anyone come up
with a work around to get it to work with ie7, 8, or 9? Or Chrome?

Hi Michael,

Consider using Administration Center 6.3 instead of 6.2 as it's'supported with newer browsers ans TSM 6.2 server.

------Message d'origine------
De: Michael P Hizny
Expéditeur : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
À: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Répondre à: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center
Envoyé: 13 mars 2012 21:20

We recently upgrade TSM to version 6.2 and have found out that the
Administration Center web interface will not work with any newer browsers.
It is certified to work with ie 6.0 and Firefox 2.0. Has anyone come up
with a work around to get it to work with ie7, 8, or 9? Or Chrome?


--
Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
Erwann SIMON

I could not get the 6.3 administration center to work in my environment using either IE or firefox. As a result, went back to the latest 6.2 version.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Erwann SIMON
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:33 PM
To: ADSM-L < at > vm.marist.edu
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

Hi Michael,

Consider using Administration Center 6.3 instead of 6.2 as it's'supported with newer browsers ans TSM 6.2 server.

------Message d'origine------
De: Michael P Hizny
Expéditeur : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
À: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Répondre à: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center
Envoyé: 13 mars 2012 21:20

We recently upgrade TSM to version 6.2 and have found out that the
Administration Center web interface will not work with any newer browsers.
It is certified to work with ie 6.0 and Firefox 2.0. Has anyone come up
with a work around to get it to work with ie7, 8, or 9? Or Chrome?


--
Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
Erwann SIMON

I had trouble installing 6.3 Admin Center; had an error on the DB2 Credentials test that itmuser could not be validated.

I had to temporarily put "itmuser" into the Local Administrators Group.

Install then ran OK. Group Policy later stripped itmuser out of Admins Group; I haven't noticed any issues.

------------------------------------------------
Harold Vandeventer
Systems Programmer
State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services
Harold.Vandeventer < at > da.ks.gov
(785) 296-0631


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Sheridan, Peter T.
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:48 PM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

I could not get the 6.3 administration center to work in my environment using either IE or firefox. As a result, went back to the latest 6.2 version.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Erwann SIMON
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:33 PM
To: ADSM-L < at > vm.marist.edu
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

Hi Michael,

Consider using Administration Center 6.3 instead of 6.2 as it's'supported with newer browsers ans TSM 6.2 server.

------Message d'origine------
De: Michael P Hizny
Expéditeur : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
À: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Répondre à: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Objet: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center
Envoyé: 13 mars 2012 21:20

We recently upgrade TSM to version 6.2 and have found out that the
Administration Center web interface will not work with any newer browsers.
It is certified to work with ie 6.0 and Firefox 2.0. Has anyone come up
with a work around to get it to work with ie7, 8, or 9? Or Chrome?


--
Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
Erwann SIMON

6.2.2.0 works fine with IE8 32 & 64 bits. My Admin Center running on AIX if that makes a difference.
I have not tried anything else, but I suspect it works with IE6.

Andy Huebner


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael P Hizny
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:21 PM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

We recently upgrade TSM to version 6.2 and have found out that the
Administration Center web interface will not work with any newer browsers.
It is certified to work with ie 6.0 and Firefox 2.0. Has anyone come up
with a work around to get it to work with ie7, 8, or 9? Or Chrome?

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Thank you.

I personally would not advocate moving to Administration Center 6.3 - I've
had a nightmare with it starting with the installation. On Windows, the
depth of the directory structure on the unpacked install media is so long
that placing it more than one directory down causes the install to fail
due to the length of the longest path to the files. It then installs some
extraneous services that must then be disabled. (The latter problem is
fixed in 6.3.1.)

Once installed the performance under IE8 / IE9 is so slow as to make it
unusable. Performance is better under the latest versions of Chrome and
Firefox but there are links and functionality that work in IE which simply
give errors in these other browsers.

I've had a PMR open for a month now to do with performance under IE but it
seems to be going nowhere. Meanwhile I've got a bunch of users who are
openly revolting against it and want to go back to v5.5 of the TSM ISC
(which to me tells you everything you need to know about 6.3!)

Regards
Neil Schofield
Technical Leader
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.

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Registered Office Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2SZ
Registered in England and Wales No 2366682

I didn't have any issues with the 6.3 install path; I used D:\TSMImages\AdminCenter\install.exe and installed to D:\IBM\Tivoli.

This was on Windows 2008 R2.

Only install problem was the itmuser DB2 Credential test failed. Ended up putting that account name in the local Administrators Group; then install ran just fine.

What are the extraneous services?

I've not had any problems with Firefox 3.6.24; not allowed to use IE 8 or IE 9. Not sure about Chrome; haven't tried to install it.

My major problem in Admin Center 6.x is the loss of all the scripted email reports from the 5.x Operations system. Creating those in BIRT was a disaster; trying to do anything in BIRT was a disaster.

I'm trying to wrap my hands around the 6.3 Cognos reporting tool; but can't get it to send a scheduled email report. Have a PMR open on that, with the guidance being a tech note that I already knew about.

Also found that 6.3 Monitoring cannot collect data from TSM 5.5.2 Servers. I thought 5.5.x was on the compatibility list, but that PMR resulted in a 'there are differences' response and 6.3 isn't compatible.

------------------------------------------------
Harold Vandeventer
Systems Programmer
State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services
Harold.Vandeventer < at > da.ks.gov
(785) 296-0631


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Neil Schofield
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:08 AM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

I personally would not advocate moving to Administration Center 6.3 - I've
had a nightmare with it starting with the installation. On Windows, the
depth of the directory structure on the unpacked install media is so long
that placing it more than one directory down causes the install to fail
due to the length of the longest path to the files. It then installs some
extraneous services that must then be disabled. (The latter problem is
fixed in 6.3.1.)

Once installed the performance under IE8 / IE9 is so slow as to make it
unusable. Performance is better under the latest versions of Chrome and
Firefox but there are links and functionality that work in IE which simply
give errors in these other browsers.

I've had a PMR open for a month now to do with performance under IE but it
seems to be going nowhere. Meanwhile I've got a bunch of users who are
openly revolting against it and want to go back to v5.5 of the TSM ISC
(which to me tells you everything you need to know about 6.3!)

Regards
Neil Schofield
Technical Leader
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.

----------------------------------------

Spotted a leak?
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Registered Office Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2SZ
Registered in England and Wales No 2366682

In response to Harold's email, the APAR that describes the extraneous
services with TSM AC 6.3.0 is here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IC80444

I've confirmed that it is resolved in AC 6.3.1.

The problems I've experienced in Chrome and Firefox are:
- Nodes and tabs not displayed correctly on Client Nodes and Backup Sets
page
- Server Properties links on Manage Servers page give the following
errors:
Error 500: SRVE0295E: Error reported: 500

Regards
Neil Schofield
Technical Leader
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.


----------------------------------------

Spotted a leak?
If you spot a leak please report it immediately. Call us on 0800 57 3553 or go to http://www.yorkshirewater.com/leaks

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Registered Office Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2SZ
Registered in England and Wales No 2366682

Thanks for the link Neil.

I'm using Firefox 3.6.24.

I'm not seeing the issues you have re Nodes and Tabs on Client Nodes and Backup Sets.
Also don't have your Error 500 Manage Servers.

The only problem I've seen on Admin 6.3 Manage Servers is moving to a second server from the same Manage Servers tab. Example:
- Open Manage Servers, see all servers in list.
- Pick one (Server Properties).
- Work on it for awhile, Activity Log, whatever.
- Click OK or Cancel to close that server.
- the Tab returns to the original list of servers.
- Pick another server.
- Searching within the activity log creates a PortletException error.
- Any other work (Sessions, database/log, admin schedules) seems to work fine.

Closing the Manage Servers tab and restarting it always lets me pick a server and search Activity Log.... seems to be only when I'm searching the log on the second server to be chosen that the error occurs.

------------------------------------------------
Harold Vandeventer
Systems Programmer
State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services
Harold.Vandeventer < at > da.ks.gov
(785) 296-0631


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Neil Schofield
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:16 AM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

In response to Harold's email, the APAR that describes the extraneous
services with TSM AC 6.3.0 is here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IC80444

I've confirmed that it is resolved in AC 6.3.1.

The problems I've experienced in Chrome and Firefox are:
- Nodes and tabs not displayed correctly on Client Nodes and Backup Sets
page
- Server Properties links on Manage Servers page give the following
errors:
Error 500: SRVE0295E: Error reported: 500

Regards
Neil Schofield
Technical Leader
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.


----------------------------------------

Spotted a leak?
If you spot a leak please report it immediately. Call us on 0800 57 3553 or go to http://www.yorkshirewater.com/leaks

Get a free water saving pack
Don't forget to request your free water and energy saving pack, it could save you money on your utility bills and help you conserve water. http://www.yorkshirewater.com/savewater

The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm
Yorkshire Water Services Limited
Registered Office Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2SZ
Registered in England and Wales No 2366682

FYI
Redhat have moved their supported browser to firefox 10.0.3esr as per
their latest security advisory RHSA-2012:0387-1
https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/errata/details/Details.do?eid=14334



On 16/03/12 00:27, Vandeventer, Harold [BS] wrote:
Thanks for the link Neil.

I'm using Firefox 3.6.24.

I'm not seeing the issues you have re Nodes and Tabs on Client Nodes and Backup Sets.
Also don't have your Error 500 Manage Servers.

The only problem I've seen on Admin 6.3 Manage Servers is moving to a second server from the same Manage Servers tab. Example:
- Open Manage Servers, see all servers in list.
- Pick one (Server Properties).
- Work on it for awhile, Activity Log, whatever.
- Click OK or Cancel to close that server.
- the Tab returns to the original list of servers.
- Pick another server.
- Searching within the activity log creates a PortletException error.
- Any other work (Sessions, database/log, admin schedules) seems to work fine.

Closing the Manage Servers tab and restarting it always lets me pick a server and search Activity Log.... seems to be only when I'm searching the log on the second server to be chosen that the error occurs.

------------------------------------------------
Harold Vandeventer
Systems Programmer
State of Kansas - Department of Administration - Office of Information Technology Services
Harold.Vandeventer < at > da.ks.gov
(785) 296-0631


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Neil Schofield
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:16 AM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center

In response to Harold's email, the APAR that describes the extraneous
services with TSM AC 6.3.0 is here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IC80444

I've confirmed that it is resolved in AC 6.3.1.

The problems I've experienced in Chrome and Firefox are:
- Nodes and tabs not displayed correctly on Client Nodes and Backup Sets
page
- Server Properties links on Manage Servers page give the following
errors:
Error 500: SRVE0295E: Error reported: 500

Regards
Neil Schofield
Technical Leader
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.


----------------------------------------

Spotted a leak?
If you spot a leak please report it immediately. Call us on 0800 57 3553 or go to http://www.yorkshirewater.com/leaks

Get a free water saving pack
Don't forget to request your free water and energy saving pack, it could save you money on your utility bills and help you conserve water. http://www.yorkshirewater.com/savewater

The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm
Yorkshire Water Services Limited
Registered Office Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2SZ
Registered in England and Wales No 2366682

Regarding the FireFox error mentioned:
Error 500: SRVE0295E: Error reported:

Reloading the FF browser page (F5) typically resolves that problem and
handles the navigation.

Thanks.

Regards/Pozdravi, Gergana

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From:
Neil Schofield <neil.schofield < at > YORKSHIREWATER.CO.UK>
To:
ADSM-L < at > vm.marist.edu
Date:
03/15/2012 04:26 AM
Subject:
Re: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.2 Administration Center



In response to Harold's email, the APAR that describes the extraneous
services with TSM AC 6.3.0 is here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1IC80444

I've confirmed that it is resolved in AC 6.3.1.

The problems I've experienced in Chrome and Firefox are:
- Nodes and tabs not displayed correctly on Client Nodes and Backup Sets
page
- Server Properties links on Manage Servers page give the following
errors:
Error 500: SRVE0295E: Error reported: 500

Regards
Neil Schofield
Technical Leader
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.


----------------------------------------

Spotted a leak?
If you spot a leak please report it immediately. Call us on 0800 57 3553
or go to http://www.yorkshirewater.com/leaks

Get a free water saving pack
Don't forget to request your free water and energy saving pack, it could
save you money on your utility bills and help you conserve water.
http://www.yorkshirewater.com/savewater

The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally
privileged. The contents are intended for recipient only and are subject
to the legal notice available at http://www.keldagroup.com/email.htm
Yorkshire Water Services Limited
Registered Office Western House, Halifax Road, Bradford, BD6 2SZ
Registered in England and Wales No 2366682