Readme file - IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Application Programming Interface Fix Pack 6.2.5

The IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager Application Programming Interface (API) Fix Pack 6.2.5 is available. The following sections provide information about system requirements, installation, and other resources for the API.

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Description

The Tivoli Storage Manager API enables an application client to use Storage Management functions. The API includes function calls that you can use in an application to run the following operations:

The API can be used either by developers who write new applications that send data to a Tivoli Storage Manager server, or by users of these applications.

The publication entitled IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface provides information about how to use the Tivoli Storage Manager API.

The Tivoli Storage Manager API is available on the following operating systems:
  • IBM AIX®
  • HP-UX
  • Linux
  • Apple Macintosh
  • Solaris
  • Microsoft Windows

For a list of the client APARs that are resolved in this fix pack, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21575735.

Compatibility with earlier versions

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.

In Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2, the API for the following operating platforms are at the V6.1 functional level:
  • IBM i5/OS®
  • IBM z/OS® UNIX System Services
  • Microsoft Windows Itanium based (IA64)

System requirements

For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the detailed system requirements document at the following web pages:

Apple Macintosh client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21053584
HP-UX Itanium client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21197146
IBM AIX client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052226
Linux on Power® Systems client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21169963
Linux x86_64 client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052223
Linux on System z® client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21066436
Microsoft Windows client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21197133
Solaris SPARC client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052211
Solaris x86/x86_64 client requirements
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21232956

Installing the API

For detailed installation instructions, see "Installing the API" at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v6r2/topic/com.ibm.itsm.nav.doc/t_install_api.html.

Updates and known problems

Updates and known problems are documented in the form of technotes in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal, at http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager. 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. For a list of known problems that affect the Tivoli Storage Manager V6.2 API, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21417536.

For information that was not available at the time of publication, documentation updates for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface are available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27017799.

Contacting IBM Support

IBM Support provides assistance with product defects. For more information about getting software support, see the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support Portal at http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager.

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