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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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    double library libTsmViSdk.so / unnecessary space usage

    We noticed that the libTsmViSdk.so library is included into the TIVsm-API64 and TIVSM-BA package: bash-4.4$ find /opt/tivoli/ -name libTsmViSdk.so /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/libTsmViSdk.so /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/libTsmViSdk.so bash-4....
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Under review

    Globally switch on /off client instrumentation trace in Server Node definition or Client Option Set

    due to the fact of several security vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-8916) we need the ability to switch the new default value enableinstrumentation from on to off globally. This can ether be done with a client option in the client option set or throug a...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    i5/OS (AS/400) Client API Service extension

    Official announcement has been made in Developerworks Wiki that TSM 6.2 API for i5/OS will go out if support the 30th of April 2015.(see https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Backup,%20Recovery%20and%20Media%...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

    Update notification for gui-clients when new version is available

    We have a lot of not technically savvy customers (their pcs are not managed by the backup-admins) which are not checking for client updates on their own.I think it would be useful to have a popup notification when an client update is available (as...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Support ZFS on Linux Client

    We use FreeBSD servers with ZFS filesystems on our large storage systems. Since there is no native FreeBSD Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client, we intend to use the Linux version leveraging FreeBSD's Linux runtime environment. But the SP Backup...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Temporarily suspend deactivation and expiration of backup data.

    We have received a number of customer requests, to temporarily suspend deactivation and deletion of backups due to retention policies. Often happens during and after ransomware attacks, where the customer have a temporary need for retaining deacti...
    about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Configuration of the ISP client 8.1.9.0 in a clustered environment (AIX and Linux).

    Configuration of the ISP client 8.1.9.0 in a clustered environment (AIX and Linux). As stated in TS003354444 it does not work though we follow the instructions in "https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/c_clu...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Planned for future release

    tivsm-ba deb package fails to restart service on upgrade

    When working on verifying the fix for APAR IT35298 on case TS004574980 we noticed that the deb packages for the client doesn't properly restart the dsmcad service on upgrades. We were told that this wouldn't be fixed, and that the issue should be ...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect (TSM) client for Linux on System z has no GUI client since 8.1.2 release

    The IBM Spectrum Protect client for System z no longer has a means to access a newer release (8.1.2 or newer) server due to so called improvements in security between clients and server. Previously, clients were able to communicate with the server...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 6 Future consideration

    Support Windows 2019 on the SP B/A client

    More and more customers are asking about when we will support Windows Server 2019 to be able to install the B/A client.
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Planned for future release

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