IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Interim Fix V7.1.0.2 is available. Read this document to find important installation information. You can also learn about product updates, compatibility issues, limitations, and known problems.
Tivoli Storage Manager is a client/server licensed product that provides storage management services in a multiplatform computer environment. You can use the backup-archive client to back up and archive files from workstations or file servers to storage, and restore and retrieve backup versions and archive copies of files to local workstations.
For a list of the APARs that are fixed in this release, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21648007.
For compatibility with earlier versions, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server/Client Compatibility and Upgrade Considerations at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053218.
If you download the product from IBM Passport Advantage®, follow the directions in the download document at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg24035539.
For installation instructions, see Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients (UNIX, Linux, and Windows) in the Tivoli Storage Manager information center.
Documentation updates, limitations, and known problems are documented as technotes in the Support knowledge base at http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager. As problems are discovered and resolved, IBM Software Support updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can find workarounds or solutions to problems.
For more information about reporting a problem to IBM Software Support, see Contacting IBM Software Support in the Tivoli Storage Manager information center.