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EZ-Backup Spotlights

EZ-Backup lower rates for FY13 (Jul 18, 2012)

Lower EZ-Backup rates for fiscal year 2013 have been announced. The new rates are effective as of July, 2012. EZ-Backup is a fee-based, automated, remote backup/archive/storage service that automatically backs up computer and server files.

Support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion (Aug 29, 2011)

The current version of the EZ-Backup software (TSM version 6.2.2.0) supports the new Mac Lion operating system.

New EZ-Backup TSM software available (Aug 16, 2011)

New EZ-Backup TSM software available -- plan to upgrade to take advantage of energy-saving features and more efficient backups.

EZ-Backup being upgraded to version 6.2 (Nov 29, 2010)

From November 28 into mid-January, CIT will be upgrading the EZ-Backup / TSM server instances to version 6.2.

EZ-Backup lower rates for FY11 (Aug 1, 2010)

Lower EZ-Backup rates for fiscal year 2011 have been announced. The new rates are effective as of July 1, 2010. EZ-Backup is a fee-based, automated, remote backup/archive/storage service that automatically backs up computer and server files.

EZ-Backup server upgraded to version 5.5.4.2 (May 20, 2010)

On Sunday morning May 16th 2010, the EZ-Backup server software was upgrade to TSM version 5.5.4.2; we encourage user of older version of the TSM client software (v5.4 and earlier) to upgrade to the current version.

New EZ-Backup software available for Win7 & Server 2008 (Dec 23, 2009)

New EZ-Backup TSM v6.1.2.0 software is now available for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 only. This is the first level of the client to support these two recent operating systems.

EZ-Backup now supports Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) (Oct 12, 2009)

A new version of the TSM client works with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. See our How To / Install pages for installation and upgrade procedures.

New EZ-Backup software & future release schedule (Sep 14, 2009)

A new version of the TSM software (5.5.2.2) is available for Windows.
Please read the full text for information about Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard compatibility.

New, Lower Rates for FY10 (Aug 4, 2009)

New, lower rates for EZ-Backup went into effect July 1, 2009. The average departmental customer will see an 18% overall drop in charges.

Recent Mac OS Update Affects Some Mac Users (Jun 19, 2009)

If you use EZ-Backup and Mac OS X version 10.5.7, a recent Java security update could be preventing manual backups and changes. Automated backups will run successfully as scheduled. Find out if you're affected.

Backing up EZ-Backup to keep campus data secure (Jun 1, 2009)

EZ-Backup, the data backup service the university trusts for all its data, has begun making additional copies of data backups at a secure off-campus location in New York City at no further cost to departments.

New EZ-Backup TSM software available (Jan 22, 2009)

New EZ-Backup TSM v5.5 client software is now available for Windows (v5.5.1.6), Mac OS X (v5.5.1.6), and Linux (v5.5.1.4).

Lower rates announced for EZ-Backup (Dec 8, 2008)

We are pleased to announce new lower rates for CIT's EZ-Backup service. The rates were reduced by approximately 30%, and will take effect retroactively as of July 1, 2008.

EZ-Backup server upgraded to version 5.5 (Oct 26, 2008)

On October 26th, the EZ-Backup server was upgraded from version 5.4 to version 5.5 of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). We encourage users of older versions of the client software to upgrade to the current version.

EZ-Backup server upgraded to version 5.4 (Apr 27, 2008)

On Sunday morning April 27th 2008, the EZ-Backup server was upgraded from version 5.3 to version 5.4 of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM). We encourage users of older versions of the client software to upgrade to the currrent version.

EZ-Backup now available for Macintosh Leopard (Dec 10, 2007)

CIT is pleased to announce that EZ-Backup software is now available for Macintosh Leopard. Version 5.5 of Tivoli Storage Manager for Intel and Power-PC Macintosh computers running OS X 10.5 is available for download.