Re: tough choices

Blair Adamache <badamache_at_2muchspam.yahoo.com> writes:

> The reference to Tivoli for security is mystifying. DB2 can use Tivoli
> storage manager (or Veritas or Legato) for Backup and archival
> management. DB2 can use Tivoli products for monitoring.
>
> For security, 99% of DB2 customers today use services provided by the
> operating system (like Kerberos on Windows and RACF on zOS). I'm aware
> that there are Tivoli security products, but none of them are part of
> a typical DB2 installation.

I suspect folks are talking about the delegation of OS user authentication and authorization to Tivoli Identity Manager.

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