Debian & Ubuntu

Download the software

We recommend using the latest ISP version unless there are compelling reasons (e.g. the lack of support for a very old operating system version in a new ISP client) that prevent the latest version from being used. 

The software can be downloaded here:

Currently supported are those Debian and Ubuntu versions:

* The GUI client has the java-21 package as a dependency as of version 8.1.23. Versions prior to Ubuntu 22.04 do not have this package in their repositories and therefore cannot use the GUI client. To use it under older versions, version 8.1.22 is recommended.

Installation of the software

1. Open the command line and change to the download directory
   The client is downloaded as a tar file. The name of the tar file has the form <version>-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar, e.g. 8.1.24.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar for ISP client version 8.1.24.
   To install, open the command line and obtain root rights. Then change to the directory in which the <version>-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar you have just downloaded is located.
   Unless there are compelling reasons not to do so, it is recommended to keep the default installation path in the following. 

   sudo -i 															# Get root priviligescd /home/service/Desktop
   cd /home/service/Desktop/					                		# Example, if the file <Version>-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar was downloaded to /home/service/Desktop/

2. Unpack tar file
   

   tar xvf 8.1.24.0-TIV-TSMBAC-LinuxX86_DEB.tar 						# Unpacks e.g. the ISP client 8.1.24

3. Install the 64bit versions of the GSKit packages

   dpkg -i gskcrypt64_*.linux.x86_64.deb gskssl64_*.linux.x86_64.deb  # Installs the GSKit packages  

4. Install the 64bit version of ISP
   

   dpkg -i tivsm-api64.amd64.deb
   dpkg -i tivsm-apicit.amd64.deb
   dpkg -i tivsm-bacit.amd64.deb
   dpkg -i tivsm-ba.amd64.deb

5. Only for Debian - Test dsmc for a known error

   root@debian:~# dsmc 												# Start client with the command dsmc
   /bin/dsmc: error while loading shared libraries: libgsk8ssl_64.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

   If the error occurs: Check where the libgsk8ssl_64.so file is located and adjust the links of the program libraries accordingly:

   root@debian:~# locate libgsk8ssl_64.so 
   /usr/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so
   /usr/local/ibm/gsk8_64/lib64/libgsk8ssl_64.so
   root@debian:~# printf "%s\n" "# Extra path for IBM Storage Protect (Backup)" "/lib64" >/etc/ld.so.conf.d/ISP.con
   root@debian:~# ldconfig												# Activates the change

   The error libgsk8ssl_64.so should no longer occur when starting via dsmc.

6. Install Java for the ISP GUI 
   The ISP client up to and including 8.1.22 officially supports Java 7 and Java 8, but we have also tested the client with newer Java versions and have not experienced any problems.
   From version 8.1.23, Java Semeru 21 is used, which creates a dependency on the java-21 package. As Ubuntu only includes this in its repository from version 22.04, the GUI of the ISP client can only be used from this version onwards.
   If this is required on an earlier Ubuntu version, ISP version 8.1.22 is recommended.