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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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TSM Client snapdiff functionality improvement to verify '.snapshot' directory visibility

This RFE proposes to improve TSM Client snapdiff functionality for verifying '.snapshot' directory visibility and return an error code or a failed schedule status if .snapshot directory is not accessible when the client tries to read the data
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Can IBM repackage the C++ installer to install to the same folder as TSM along with the TSM Client install

Can IBM repackage the C++ installer to install to the same folder as TSM along with the TSM Client install?
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

TSM System State incremental backups

If technically possible, please consider adding additional incremental forever capability to system state backups. Currently it is my understanding that only objects included with the system writer are able to use a an incremental strategy. Object...
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Solaris x86 TSM Client support beyond version 6.2.5

Currently the latest version of the TSM client is the 6.2.x client code. There are only Solaris SPARC versions available in later releases. We would like to see the x86 platforms supported.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Exclude.vmdisk to exclude on vmdk name basis

Using INCLUDE.VMDISK and EXCLUDE.VMDISK it is today possible to exculde certain vmdks using the disk label of that particular vmdk, eg. "Hard Disk 2". This is good, but it would be even better if we could include/exclude on the basis of the actual...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Implement TSM BA Client to MS VSS Previous Version

Today when we implement TSM to new customers does we introduce the Web Client normally so a Windows/Unix admin can do the restore instead of the Backup Admin. But we could make it even easier for a new customer and tell them that they don't need t...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

ASR Support for EFI systems

ASR-based recovery must be performed from within the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE). The exception to using ASR with Windows NT 6 operating systems is for 64-bit systems whose firmware interface is based on Extensible Firmware Interfa...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Planned for future release

need an include.vmfull statement to assign management classes to VMs

When using TSM/TSMV-VE to backup full VM snapshots, we need to handle production and development/test VMs differently, i.e. they should get different management classes. This is currently very difficult to achieve. The logical and elegant solution...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

dsminfo OSINFO section more clarity

Requesting that OSINFO section of dsminfo output give more clarity on the OS distribution/level instead of just kernel level. This would be much more useful especially on Linux systems that could be any of dozens of Linux distributions.A system ca...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Planned for future release

Dropdown lists for Restore VM operations

It would be nice to have the client populate the Datacenter, Host,, and Datastore options in the Restore VM screen.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Planned for future release

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