TSM Client for Debian:

  root@debianvm:~/TSM# alien -g --scripts TIVsm-API64.x86_64.rpm TIVsm-BA.x86_64.rpm gskcrypt64-8.0.14.11.linux.x86_64.rpm gskssl64-8.0.14.11.linux.x86_64.rpm
  Directories TIVsm-API64-6.3.0 and TIVsm-API64-6.3.0.orig prepared.
  Directories TIVsm-BA-6.3.0 and TIVsm-BA-6.3.0.orig prepared.
  Directories gskcrypt64-8.0 and gskcrypt64-8.0.orig prepared.
  Directories gskssl64-8.0 and gskssl64-8.0.orig prepared.

in each directory:\\
- gskcrypt64-8.0\\
- gskssl64-8.0\\
- TIVsm-API64-6.3.0\\
- TIVsm-BA-6.3.0\\

  mv debian DEBIAN

and change the $dir/DEBIAN/control file to look like this:

  Source: tivsm-ba
  Section: alien
  Priority: extra
  Maintainer: tivoli <tivolifan@@itbetrieb.de>
  Package: tivsm-ba
  Architecture: amd64
  Description: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client
  Version: 6.3.0.0

for each dir as listed above:

  dpkg -b $dir 
  dpkg -i $dir.deb
  
Configure as usual