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    Node Replication "always on" (automatically start replication after backup completion)

    Node Replication "always on" (automatically start replication after backup completion) - Customer is writes their own automation scripts but would like to see this natively in the TSM product.
    almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    Increase the granularly of administrator permissions

    Increase the granularly of administrator permissions. This goes with other future enhancements to TSM, specifically the ability to push client upgrades from the TSM server. Or grant permission to perform a restore or backup from Admin Center (I su...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Add 'Are You Sure' to TDP GUI closeout

    If the user closes the GUI, need a prompt to the user asking 'are you sure you want to close, you have processes running' if there's a process running such as a restore. This would help prevent accidental cancellation of a process, which occurred ...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    Data on client option and feature exploitation

    There have been over the years a large number of TSM client options and enhancements whose use is not easily recognized by a TSM server. For example, if a Windows TSM client is using journal-based backups, that�s not obvious to TSM server administ...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Execute DB2 commands and send output sent to activity log

    Be able to execute DB2 commands from dsmadmc sessions and have output sent to activity log. There is useful information about the DB2 database that can�t be displayed with existing query commands.� Either build additional query commands or provide...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    TDP agents should update capacity and percentages

    Tivoli Data Protection agents should update (provide) a capacity of each filespace or equivalent and a percentage used or else a current size and mark it as 100% used. This would aid in TSM server capacity planning as well as helping TSM administr...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Add 2 additional fields to a node for permitting or not permitting the ability to perform backups or archives

    Add 2 additional fields to a node for permitting or not permitting the ability to perform backups or archives. There are cases where I would like to disable the ability to perform an archive on a node basis. If I want to do that there is no reason...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Return Messages to Console

    In TSM 5.5.1 when customer issues F ADSMS01.APPL=cmd there is nothing in the external data queue to process. Prior to 5.5 customer used automation to respond to the command results on the external data queue. Customer needs the messages restored.
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Change behavior of include/exclude force=no processing

    The current behavior is for server include-exclude statements to be placed at the bottom of the include-exclude list. Thus they are evaluated before the include-exclude statements specified in the client options file. The requirement is to change ...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Command to dismount all volumes

    Command to dismount all volumes. There are update or audit tasks that require the library be idle.� A mounted tape in IDLE status does not make the library idle.� It can be very tedious to execute several dismount volume commands.� Additionally th...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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