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Searching

knowledge

bases

If

you

have

a

problem

with

your

IBM

software,

begin

by

searching

the

available

knowledge

bases

to

determine

whether

the

resolution

to

your

problem

is

already

documented.

Search

the

information

center

on

your

local

system

or

network:

IBM

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

provides

an

information

center

on

a

CD.

You

can

run

the

information

center

from

the

CD,

or

copy

it

to

your

local

computer

or

an

intranet

server.

You

can

use

the

search

function

of

this

information

center

to

query

conceptual

information,

instructions

for

completing

tasks,

reference

information,

and

support

documents.

Search

the

Internet:

If

you

cannot

find

an

answer

to

your

question

in

the

information

center,

search

the

Internet

for

the

latest,

most

complete

information

that

might

help

you

resolve

your

problem.

To

search

multiple

Internet

resources

for

your

product,

go

to

the

support

web

site

for

the

product

www.ibm.com/

software/sysmgmt/products/
support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

and

look

for

the

section

to

search

the

support

knowledge

base.

From

this

section,

you

can

search

a

variety

of

resources

including:

v

IBM

technotes

v

IBM

downloads

v

IBM

Redbooks

v

Forums

and

newsgroups

Obtaining

fixes

A

product

fix

might

be

available

to

resolve

your

problem.

You

can

determine

what

fixes

are

available

for

your

IBM

software

product

by

checking

the

product

support

Web

site:

1.

Go

to

the

Tivoli

Storage

Manager

support

Web

site

(www.ibm.com/software/

sysmgmt/products/
support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html).

2.

From

this

page

you

can

view

all

product

downloads

or

search

for

specific

fixes.

To

receive

weekly

e-mail

notifications

about

fixes

and

other

news

about

IBM

products,

follow

these

steps:

1.

From

the

support

page

for

any

IBM

product,

click

My

support

in

the

upper-right

corner

of

the

page.

2.

If

you

have

already

registered,

skip

to

the

next

step.

If

you

have

not

registered,

click

register

in

the

upper-right

corner

of

the

support

page

to

establish

your

user

ID

and

password.

3.

Sign

in

to

My

support

.

4.

On

the

My

support

page,

click

Edit

profiles

in

the

left

navigation

pane,

and

scroll

to

Select

Mail

Preferences

.

Select

a

product

family

and

check

the

appropriate

boxes

for

the

type

of

information

you

want.

5.

Click

Submit

.

6.

For

e-mail

notification

for

other

products,

repeat

Steps

4

and

5.

For

more

information

about

types

of

fixes,

see

the

Software

Support

Handbook

(http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/handbook.html).

Contacting

IBM

Software

Support

IBM

Software

Support

provides

assistance

with

product

defects.

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