IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT) Linux

IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT) Linux

Download IBM ITDT for Linux

To install ITDT-SE on other supported operating systems, complete the following steps.

Note: ITDT-SE can be used only by a user with root access rights, except for the Mac OS, which requires the user to have the minimum of read/write access to the device file.

Download install_itdt_se_<OS>_<version> to a directory of your choice.

install_itdt_se_Aix_<version> is for AIX® operating systems

install_itdt_se_Linuxx86_64_<version> is for Linux® operating systems on X86_64 hardware

install_itdt_se_Linuxpowerpc64_<version> is for Linux operating systems on pSeries

install_itdt_se_Linuxpowerpc64le_<version> is for Linux operating systems on pSeries Little Endian.

install_itdt_se_Linuxs390x_<version> is for Linux operating systems on zSeries

install_itdt_se_MacOS_<version> is for Mac OS operating systems.

Run the following command to make install_itdt_se_<OS>_<version> executable.

chmod 700 install_itdt_se_<OS>_<version>


To run without parameters, run the following command

install_itdt_se_<OS>_<version>


or

./install_itdt_se_<OS>_<version>


depending on your operating system.

Optionally you can use these parameters:

-h [--help] Show help message

-v [--verbose] Print the extracted files

-p [--path] Path for extraction (default is current directory)

-t [--test] Show package content



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