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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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    Support for wildcards in directory restore command.

    Support for wildcards in directory restore command.We want to have same wildcard ussage for Query backup command and Restore command. Now are wildcards in restore command restricted to be used in the file name or extension; they cannot be used in ...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Bare Metal Restore (BMR) from backupsets

    I get confirmation from developer that we have no valuable workaround with the WINPE + ASR method . We will update the WINPE document .As said before you must open a RFE if you need this functionality to be added in the future.
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

    Fastback-TSM integration wizard. Multiple TSM nodename definition required to achieve different data retentions

    It is essentially not a problem with the operation of Fastback. The problem is in the integration between Fastback and TSM. We have the TSM admin centre set up to access the TSM server and the fastback server. I have been using the integration wiz...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 5 Planned for future release

    Enhance the Backup Archive Clients to enable restore of metadata, specifically permissions, without restoring the data

    Primarily on UNIX/Linux operating systems it is a common human error to change filesystem permissions (on directories and files) incorrectly, too broadly and the changes can be difficult or even impossible to correct back to the original permissio...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    Support for TSM USS Client

    System: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS USS Client and API (5698-B22)Actor: ITERGO Informationstechnologie TSM B/A is a standard product spreaded over all different kinds of operating systems. For z/OS, TSM USS Client is used to backup and res...
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    LISTING/PREVIEW of ALL tapes required for a RETRIEVE or a RESTORE

    Retrieve and Restore function should have preview option to list the volumes which will be required for the Restore or Retrieve;
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    Add Support for Windows Directory Junction Links / symbolic links

    We "extend" disks by creating Symbolic Links using Microsoft Windows mklink.exe command. i.e.mklink /j f:\DataF\Departments\CofE-PD\PRJ\Projects\2020 k:\Data\Departments\CofE-PD\PRJ\Projects\2020 This will Create a directory junction f:\DataF\Depa...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    remove systemV init.d script for DSMCAD

    The current packaging of TIVsm-BA includes a symbolic link /etc/init.d/dsmcad -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rc.dsmcad which results in the creation of the directory /etc/init.d if it does not already exist. This is incompatible with the chkc...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Under review

    Spectrum Protect file-level client to support Isilon NAS changelist function.

    The EMC Isilon has a Changelist function that shows the activity between snapshots. The request is to use that function to get a list of files to back up or expire (similar to the SnapDiff API on NetApp TSM currently exploits).
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    dsmc incre generated ANS4005E failure for /etc/adsm/tsmpswd.lck, it should be added into the auto exclude list

    dsmc incr generates the following message:ANS1228E Sending of object '/etc/adsm/tsmpswd.lck' failed.ANS4005E Error processing '/etc/adsm/tsmpswd.lck': file not found This file is generated a during the client backup. Client expects no error messag...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Planned for future release

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