IBM provides a list with the latest TSM/SP client versions and the supported Linux versions for them (see FAQ "Client-Versions" and "supporteted Linux-distributions", respectively).

The installation is achieved by installing the RPM packages:

  mkdir /tmp/TSM/
  cd /tmp/TSM
  wget https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v8r1/Linux/LinuxX86/BA/v8124/8.1.24.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar
  tar xf 8.1.24.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86.tar
  
  dnf install -y ./gskcrypt64-*.linux.x86_64.rpm ./gskssl64-*.linux.x86_64.rpm
  dnf install ./TIVsm-API64.x86_64.rpm TIVsm-BA.x86_64.rpm

Important: first install the gsk* packages, then the TIVsm-API64* and finally install the actual TIVsm-BA* client.

analogous to RHEL

  mkdir /tmp/TSM
  cd /tmp/TSM
  wget https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/maintenance/client/v8r1/Linux/LinuxX86_DEB/BA/v8124/8.1.24.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar
  tar xf 8.1.24.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar
  
  dpkg -i gskcrypt64_*.linux.x86_64.deb gskssl64_*.linux.x86_64.deb
  dpkg -i tivsm-api64.amd64.deb 
  dpkg -i tivsm-ba.amd64.deb

Important: first install the gsk* packages, then the TIVsm-API64* and finally install the actual TIVsm-BA* client.

Please note FAQ regarding the error message /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmcad: error while loading shared libraries: libgpfs.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32, die beim Update einer alten TSM-Version auf ISP 7.1.3 oder neuer auftritt!

echo "/usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/tsm.conf
/sbin/ldconfig

In order to backup locale-specific characters - e.g. german umlauts - locales with representations of these characters have to be installed. In Ubuntu this can be achieved by running

dpkg-reconfigure locales

and picking the necessary locales form the list. In any case, you have to select en_US to prevent dsmc returning a ANS4042E for file paths with special characters. For proper support of German umlaut characters also de_DE.UTF-8 UTF-8 should to be picked. en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 is optional but reccomended as well.

Refer to Arch User Repository and the comments regarding the package.

The TSM packages provided for RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) can be used in the same way for the corresponding versions of CentOS and Scientific Linux.

The TSM packages provided for Ubuntu can be used in the same way for Debian.

echo "/usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/tsm.conf
/sbin/ldconfig

The TSM GUI is implemented in Java. In order to use it, you may need to install the necessary Java packages.

Remark: The TSM UI works with OpenJDK only - not with IBM Java oder Oracle Java!

Check for installed OpenJDK:

$ dnf list installed |grep openjdk
java-21-openjdk.x86_64                    1:21.0.3.0.9-1.el9               @appstream   
java-21-openjdk-headless.x86_64           1:21.0.3.0.9-1.el9               @appstream 

if not, install:

$ dnf install java-21-openjdk java-21-openjdk-headless

Check for installed OpenJDK:

$ dpkg -l | grep jdk
ii  openjdk-17-jre:amd64                   17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1                   amd64        OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
ii  openjdk-17-jre-headless:amd64          17.0.10+7-1~20.04.1                   amd64        OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless)

if not, install:

$ apt-get install openjdk-17-jre

An upgrade of the TSM/ISP client is usually done by installing the new client. Removing the old one is not necessary. Deleting the old directory will result in the loss of the configuration settings!

However, it is important to restart the TSM scheduler or the dsmcad service/daemon, as this is part of the installation package.