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Product functionality

TSM BA Client backup the local file spaces in sequencially order, starting from C: to X:. need random order

As it is today the TSM BA Client backup the local file spaces in sequencially order, starting from C: to X:. I want to have an random order or some intelligence, that the TSM code should start to backup the file spaces with oldest successfully bac...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

Analytics on error logs for faster resolution times

Analytics on error logs for faster resolution times
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

All-in-one TSM backup appliance

TSM virtual appliance (VA) consisting of TSM server, TSM-VE and TSM Ops Center components, with support for using TSM VA with tape as a supported product in a customer production environment, also with the possibility to pair the appliance with an...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

Possibility to throttle backup client resource utilization.

Possibility to throttle backup client resource utilization. Many times there are resource conflict for backups that are running “overtime”. The backup has been/is running until outside backup window. And the user, application owner want to cancel/...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

VM Quiescing

VM Quiescing
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

BA-Client for FreeBSD

Native tsm-client operatingsystem support for FreeBSD 10 (amd64) in order to the future of Linux with systemd.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

Process AutoDeploy Linux without PING

Hi, The autodeploy of tsm client on Linux OS is using ping to compare the serveraddress from autodeploy process with serveraddress from config file (dsm.sys). As the ping is not authorized, the result of comparaison is false and the autodeploy pro...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

enhance TSM node replication for data of nodes of type Server

At the moment node replication can not be used for data stored for nodes of type server. To achieve a complete desaster protection based on stored TSM data there is also a need to replicate data of these nodes. We know that we need as well databas...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

Liberty server should come back up automatically when TCPIP is restarted

If TCPIP is down and then is restarted, Liberty Server integrated into TPC-R should be able to reconnect to TCPIP without being restarted.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration

Exclude Objects from Systemstate Backup

User should be able to exclude files from backup even if they belong to the Systemstate.Missing Systemstate files should not create errormessages and/or returncodes when excluded by the user. User should be able to define a List of errors and warn...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Not under consideration