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.
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.
For a list of the client APARs that are resolved in this fix pack, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21575735.
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.
For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the detailed system requirements document at the following web pages:
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 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.
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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