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Why updates?

There are 4 main reasons for regularly updating your SP client:

1. Program errors from the older version are corrected. An update is particularly important when correcting security-relevant errors.
2. New versions may have new useful program features.
3. If you always use the latest major version of a client, you can be sure that you are using a version supported by IBM.
4. If you always use the latest minor version of a still supported major version of a client, you will save yourself having to update to the latest minor version in the event of a problem
   (Nota bene: From our many years of experience with IBM support, we know that IBM usually asks customers first to update to the latest minor version of the main version that is still supported and to check whether the problem still exists in this version).

You can of course decide not to update your ISP client regularly.
However, the LRZ can only help you with problems if your ISP client version is supported by IBM. As IBM only supports an ISP version for 2 years on average, you should check at regular intervals whether this still applies to your version.

Planning and performing the update

Updating an ISP client consists of completely uninstalling the old client and installing the new client. You should only update to a new major version if this version is also linked on the LRZ download page.
The LRZ only guarantees that this client version is also compatible with the server version currently used at the LRZ.

Before carrying out an update, please make copies of your most important SP client configuration files (dsm.opt, dsm.sys and inclexcl file).
As a rule, only the dsm.opt is relevant for Windows. Under Linux, you can determine the name and path to the inclexcl file using the command cat dsm.sys|grep -i inclexcl.

The output of this command then looks something like this and gives the complete path to the include/exclude file: 

inclexcl /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.excl.local 

If you do not know exactly where the ISP client configuration files are located under Linux, first look in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin  directory. If you cannot find the files there, the Linux command locate dsm.sys can be useful for finding dsm.sys.

Uninstalling ISP

Under Windows and macOS, the ISP client can be uninstalled like any other software via the software administration.

Under Linux, you can proceed as follows:

1. Find all packages installed by ISP

   rpm –qa | grep -v alternatives | grep -i tiv
   rpm –qa | grep -i gsk

2. You can then uninstall these packages

   rpm -e TIVsm-BAcit
   rpm -e TIVsm-BA
   rpm -e TIVsm-msg.xx_xx
   rpm -e TIVsm-APIcit
   rpm –e TIVsm-API64
   rpm -e gskcrypt64
   rpm –e gskssl64

Installing and verifying the new ISP client

You can now install the new version of the ISP client. You can find instructions on how to do this here.

After you have updated your SP client, you should verify that your client is working properly. You can find out how to do this here.