IC70319: INCORRECT ITM LEVEL REQUIREMENTS ARE STATED IN THE INFOCENTER FOR TSM REPORTING AND MONITORING AGENT INSTALLATION

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• Software requirements for TSM Reporting and Monitoring
  incorrectly state that any previous installation of ITM is only
  supported at the 6.2 FP1 level. This is only a minimum required
  level for the TSM agent installation.
  Current text on Infocenter: "Important: If you are installing a
  monitoring agent, and you previously installed an IBM Tivoli
  Monitoring server, you must install the monitoring agent on the
  existing Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring server. The Tivoli Storage
  Manager reporting and monitoring feature is only supported with
  IBM Tivoli Monitoring, version 6.2 FP1."
  The infocenter should be modified to state: "6.2 FP1 or higher"
  Additional Keywords:
  zz61 zz62 ITM agent 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2FP2
  Versions Affected:
  6.1 and 6.2 TSM Reporting and Monitoring Infocenter
  Initial Impact:
  Low
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All Tivoli Storage Manager server users.     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See error description.                  *
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Problem conclusion

• The installation guides have been updated to state that
  IBM Tivoli reporting and monitoring is supported with IBM
  Tivoli Monitoring version 6.2 FP1 or later."
  
  Affected platforms:  AIX, Linux, and Windows.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels